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upon EZEKIEL. 35
Jofiah, Ver. 6. And as they were fuperadded to Chapter
the Three hundred and ninety Days of the Siege, IV.
they may fignify the Days fpent in plundering the \y m \T sJ
City, and burning the Temple, and carrying away
the Remnant of the People : Jerufalem was taken on
the Ninth Day of the Fourth Month, Jeremiah lii. 6.
and on the Tenth "Day of the Fifth Month, the Temple
was Burnt, Ver. 12. and fo we may reafonably
conjecture by the Eighteenth of that Month which
was the Fortieth from the taking of the Place, the
whole City was Burnt, and the few Jews which
were left, were carried into Captivity.
Ver. 10. oAnd the Meat which thou (Jjalt eatVev. 10.
(hall he hy weight, twenty Shekels a 'Day.'] In
Sieges 'tis common to (tint every one to a certain
allowance, by which Means they can guefs how
long their Provifions will laft ; Twenty Shekels is
but Ten Ounces, a fhort Allowance for a Days
Suftenance. See Ver. 16. and Jeremiah xxxvii. 21.
Ibid. From Time to Time Jhalt thou eat itJ] This
fhall be thy daily Allowance during the whole
Three hundred and ninety Days.
Ver. 11. The fixth fart of an Hin.'] which is Ver. n«
fomething above a Pint and an Half of our
Meafure. See Bilhop Cumberland's Account of
Jewijh Weights and Meafures9 many Englifh Bibles.
placed at the End of
Ver. 1 2.