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John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 33:3

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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If what he seeth the sword come upon the land, &c.] Or those that kill with the sword, as the Targum; as soon as he observes a body of armed men, more or less, marching towards the borders of the land with a manifest intention to enter and invade it: he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; warn the people by blowing the trumpet, the signal agreed on; by which they would understand that an enemy was at hand, or danger near; or warn them by word of mouth, as well as by the trumpet, where he could do it, and when it was necessary.
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