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.^Commentary
Chapter fiall.be glorified (ball be to them [a Day] of Re-
XXXIX. nowti : i.e. a remarkable Day of Joy and Gladl^V^O
nefs. See Ver. 21, 22.
Vet*. 14. Ver. 14. (And they fiall fever out Men of con-
tiuual Employment faffing thro 1
the Land, to bury
with the Tajjengers thofe that remain upon the
Face of the Earth.] The latter' part of the Sentence
may more clearly be tranflated thus, even
*Buriers with the Tajjengers, [to bury] thofe that
remain, &c. For the PalTengers or Searchers are
diftinguifhed from thofe whofe Office it. is to bury
the Dead, in the following Verfe.
Ibid. oAfter the end offeven Months fiall they
fearch.] All the People fhall be employed feven
Months, in burying the Dead, Ver. 13. and after
they are ended, particular Perfons appointed for
Ver. 1 5.
that purpofe, fhall make a clear Riddance.
Ver. 1 5. Then he fhall Jet up a Sign by it.'] A
Stone, or fome other Mark of Diftin&ion, that
Men may avoid pafling over them. See the Excerfta
out of Dr. Tococtfs Mifcellany Notes, in
Ver. 1
the Synoffis upon Luke xi. 44.
7. Ver. 1 7. Speak to every feathered Fowl, and to
every "Beaft ofthe Field, &c.l It was the Cuftom
for Perfons that offered Sacrifice to invite their
Friends to the Feaft that was made of the Remainder.
See Gen. xxxiv. 54. 1 Sam. ix. 1 ^. So
here the Prophet by God's Command, invites the
Beafts and Fowls to partake of the Sacrifice of his
Enemies flain.
Ibid. Gatheryour felves to my Sacrifice, that I
do jacrifice for you^The Slaughter of God's Enemies
is called a Sacrifice, becaufe it is offered up
as