OLD TESTAMENT

Ezekiel 24:7

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“‘“For the blood she shed is in the middle of her. She set it on the bare rock. She didn’t pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.

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Verse 7. She hath. Septuagint “I have let it corrupt upon. I have not,” and so forth (verse 8. Bible.) as if God spoke. The Jews had committed murder without fear. They had naturally a horror for blood, and the law ordered even that of beasts to be covered. Leviticus 17:13. Now innocent blood cries for vengeance. Genesis 4:10. The punishment shall be as visible as the crime. verse 8.

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