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upon EZEKTEL. 59
the PrecinQs of the Temple, to provoke God to Chapter
Jealoufy, by fetting up a Rival ag£j >(t him in the VIII.
place dedicated to his own Worfhip. See the i^/'VNJ
Note on Chap. v. n.
Ver. 4. oAnd behold the Glory of the God of If. Ver. 4.
rael was there,,] To fhew that that was the place
of his peculiar Refidence.
Ver. 5. Northward at the Gate of the aAltar.] Ver. 5.
Northward of the Gate or Entrance that was overagainft
the Altar.
Ver. 6. That I fjould go far off from my Sanffu~Vev. 6*
ary.] That I fhould forfake it, and deliver it up
to be polluted by the Heathen, Chap. vii. 21, 22.
which is fignificantly reprefented by the departing
of the Divine Glory from the Threfiold of the Tern-
fie, Chap. x. 1 8.
Ibid. oAnd thou /halt fee greater eAbominations.]
Becaufe committed by Perfons ofgreater Authority,
and nearer the place ofmy immediate Prefence. See
Verfes 11. 14, 16.
Ver. 7. ctAnd he brought me to the Door of the Yer. j\
Court.] This Dr. Lightfoot, of the Temple, Chap.
28. underftands of the Eaft Gate of the Inner
Court, called the Gate of Nicanor, over -which
was the Council-Chamber where the Sanhedrim
ufed to meet, and in fome of the Rooms near it *
they fecretly practifed Idolatry, as God difcovered
to the Prophet, Ver. 11.
Ibid. "Behold an Hole in the Wall'] Thro' which
I could look in, and fee what Abominations were
committing there.
Ver. 8. Then /aid he unto me, Dig now in the yer# $.
Wall] This was done only by Vifion, to give the
clearer Proof and Conviction of the Idolatries there
I 2 com-