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upon EZEKIEL. 273
elfewhere given to •»Abraham, as being Angled Chapter
out from the reft of his Family to be the Original XXXTIT.
or Head of the Jewifii Nation : See I fa. li. 2. {y\ *^o
Malach. ii, 1 5. Heb.xi. 12,
Ver. 25. Ye eat with the 'Blood.'] Which was Ver. 25.
forbidden feveral times in the Law, ?.s being
a Rite the Heathens ufed in the Sacrifices they
offered to their Idols (whofe worfhip is reproved
in the very next words) as Dr. Spencer proves at
large Lib. 2. de Legib. Hebraic, v- it. who
brings many Arguments to fhew that the Hebrew
Phrafe, Nal Hadam, fhould be tranflated,
Near the 'Blood, in allufion to the Idolatrous
Rite of pouring the Blood of the (lain Beaft into
a VefTel or Pit, and then eating part of the Sa-
crifice juft by it.
Ibid. $And lift up your Eyes towards your
Idols.'} See Chap, xviii. 6.
Ibid. oAnd fied Wood.} See Chap. ix. 9.
xxii. 6, 9.
Ver. 26. Te ftand upon your Sword.] You Ver. 26,
make your Strength the Law of Juflice, according
to the Character given of Ungodly
Men, Wifd. ii. 11. Dr. Spencer in the forecited
Place thinks that the ExprefTion alludes to a
Cuftom of the Heathens, who put the Blood of
their Sacrifices into a VefTel or Pit, in order to
call up and confult Evil Spirits, and then flood
with their Swords drawn to keep the Dxmoiis
off from doing them any harm,
Ibid. Te defile every one his Neighbours Vl 7 ife.~]
See ibid. Ver. 6. xxii. 1 1.
N n 2 Ver.