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12 always on the streets or the public squares,
    lying in wait at every corner.
13 She caught him and kissed him,
    and brazenly said to him:
14 “I had to make sacrificial peace offerings,[a]
    and I have fulfilled my vows today.

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  1. Proverbs 7:14 Sacrificial peace offerings: in this type of offering, part of the meat was eaten by the one who brought it and by his friends or family (see Lev 7:11-18). I have fulfilled my vows today: a fellowship offering was offered as the result of a vow, and it had to be eaten on the first or second day (see Lev 7:15-16).