John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 4:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then he said to me, &c.] The Lord hearkened to the prophet’s prayer and argument, and makes some abatement and alteration in the charge he gave him: lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung: that is, allowed him to make use of the one instead of the other, in baking his mingled bread: thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith; having gathered cow’s dung, and dried it, he was to burn it, and bake his bread with it, which is meant by preparing it. In some parts of our nation, where fuel is scarce, cow’s dung is made use of; it is gathered and plastered on the walls of houses, and, being dried in clots, is taken and burnt.

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