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Heb 12:29. Καὶ γὰρ, for) A very important Epiphonema.[89]-ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πῦρ καταναλίσκον, our God is a consuming fire) Deut. above, at Deu 12:18-19, several times quoted, in ch. Deu 14:24, LXX., ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου πῦρ καταναλίσκου ἐστί, Θεὸς ζηλωτής; comp. ibid. ch. Heb 9:3. Our God, in whom we hope, is at the same time to be feared.
[89] An exclamation appended after a weighty demonstration.-ED.