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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 18:6
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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[And] hath not eaten upon the mountains, &c.] Where temples and altars were built for idols, and sacrifices offered up to them; and where feasts were kept to the honour of them, and the sacrifices to them eaten; (see <260613>Ezekiel 6:13); for otherwise it was not unlawful to eat common food on mountains, as well as on other places; but here it denotes idolatrous practices; and the Targum is, “and hath not served idols on the mountains:” neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; their “dunghill gods”f264 as the word signifies; as not to the idols of the Gentiles, so not to those of Israel, as the calves at Daniel and Bethel; these he does not worship, nor pray unto, or invoke, nor even give a pleasant and favourable look unto; but turned from them with abhorrence and contempt: neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife; been guilty of adultery, by lying with another man’s wife; or by marrying one divorced, not having committed fornication; which divorces were common among the Jews, and marrying such so divorced, (<401919>Matthew 19:19); neither hath come near to a menstruous woman: a woman in her monthly courses, even his own wife; who, according to the law, was set apart for her uncleanness for a certain term of time; during which she was not to be touched, nor anything she sat or lay upon; and all conjugal acts to be abstained from, (<031519>Leviticus 15:19-24 18:19 20:18).
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