Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Ezekiel 4:1

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take: Ezek. 5:1-17, Eze 12:3-16; Sa1 15:27, Sa1 15:28; Kg1 11:30, Kg1 11:31; Isa 20:2-4; Jer 13:1-14, Jer 18:2-12, Jer 19:1-15, 25:15-38, 27:2-22; Hos 1:2-9, Hos 3:1-5; Hos 12:10 a tile: לבנה \[Strong's H3843\], levainah generally denotes a brick, and Palladius informs us that the bricks in common use among the ancients were "two feet long, one foot broad, and four inches thick;" and on such a surface the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed. Perhaps, however, it may here denote a flat tile, like a Roman brick, which were commonly used for tablets, as we learn from Pliny, Hist. Nat. 1. vii. c. 57. even: Jer 6:6, Jer 32:31; Amo 3:2 Ezekiel 4:2

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