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John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 7:26
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, etc.] Either the judge who delays judgment, or does not execute it according to the law of God, and of the king; or the people, that do not obey the law of God in matters of religion, and the law of the king in civil things, Judea being now a province of the Persian empire; though some think the law of the king only refers to this law or decree of the king, which gave the Jews power to execute their own laws: let judgment be executed speedily upon him; immediately, without delay, according to the nature of his crime: whether it be unto death; if guilty of a capital crime, deserving death, let him be put to death: or to banishment; from his native country to a foreign distant land; or to rooting out f82, as the word signifies; an utter extirpation of him and his family, a destroying him root and branch; or, as Jarchi expresses it, a rooting him out of the world, his seed and family: or to confiscation of goods; to payment of mulcts and fines: or to imprisonment; for such a term of time; all according to the breach of what law he may be guilty of; thus far the king’s decree.
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