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upon EZEKIEL. 63
of Holies in his Temple to be placed toward the Chapter
Weft, in Oppofition to this Species of Heathen VIII.
Idolatry, which confided in worfhipping the Rifing L/^/"NJ
Sun. And the Jews always turned their Faces toward
the Temple, when they worshipped. See
Dr. Spencer, De Legib. Hebr. lib. $. c. 2. Setf.4.
Ver. 17. For they have filled the Land with Vio- Ver. 1 7.
lence, and have returned to provoke me to anger. ]
Or, eAgain they provoke me to oAnger. See the
Note on Ifa. vi. 1$. After their repeated A£te of
Injuftice and OpprefTion, (See Chapter xxii. 6, 7.)°
They add new Aggravations to their Wickedneft
by committing thefe heinous Provocations of Ido-
latry.
Ibid. *And lo they put the 'Branch to their
Noje.~\ Thofe that tranflate the Words to this
Senfe, fuppofe them to relate to fome Cuftom
among the Idolaters, of dedicating a Branch of
-Laurel, or fome other Tree, to the Honour of the
Sun, and carrying it in their Hands at the time of
their Worfhip. But this Text is one of thofe
which the Rabbins reckon among the Tikkun So-
fherim, or fuch as have been corrected by their
Scribes and learned Men : and the Original Reading,
fay they, was oApfi, to my Noje, or Face,
inftead of the prefent Reading oAppanj. According
to which Reading the Senfe will be, oAnd
they put a ftink to my Noje, that is, they put an
open Affront upon me, by turning their back
Parts to me in the place dedicated to my Wor-
fhip.
To this Senfe the LXX render it, *vjoi »% y.vK\*