Note 131 — Chapter XXIV · HOSPITALITY
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Tobit, iv. 7. Kohler, in Jewish Encyclopedia, i. 436. Cf. St. Matthew, vi. 1 sqq.; Brandt, Mandäische Schriften, pp. 28, 64: “If you give alms do not do it before witnesses.” The Mandæans were also forbidden to eat food prepared by a stranger or to take a meal in his company (Brandt, Mandäische Religion, p. 94).