John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 9:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women, &c.] All, of them objects of compassion, because of their age and sex; and yet none to be spared; and which orders were exactly obeyed; (see <143617> 2 Chronicles 36:17); but come not near any man on whom [is] the mark; these were not to be slain; and though some were carried captive, as Daniel, and others; yet it was for their good and God’s glory; (see <660703>Revelation 7:3,4 9:3,4); and begin at my sanctuary; the temple, the house of God, and the priests and Levites that dwelt there. The Septuagint version is, “begin at my saints”; those who professed themselves to be the saints of the Lord, and were separated and devoted to his service; and so the Rabbins sayf142, do not read yçdqmm, “at my sanctuary”; but yçdwqmm, “at those that sanctify me”, or “my sanctified ones”; which they interpret of those that keep the whole law, from “aleph” to “tau”; (see <600417>1 Peter 4:17); then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house; the seventy elders of Israel, who offered incense to the idols portrayed upon the walls of the chambers of the temple, (<260810>Ezekiel 8:10,11); these they slew first.

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