Ezekiel 9

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Verse 2

Verse 4

• "Mark" : interpreted as a "sign of exemption from judgment". The word "tāw" for "mark" is also for calling the last letter in Hebrew alphabet; in Paleo-Hebrew alphabet and Phoenician alphabet it was written "somewhat like the English X,". The Benedictine writer Bernard de Montfaucon noted that some ancient Samaritan coins have the letter "thau" on them in the form of a cross, as did the coins of the Maccabees. Gesenius wrote that the Arabic equivalent of this word refers to "a sign in the form of a cross branded on the thigh or neck of horses and camels".

  Verse 6

• "On whom is the mark": gives a hint that some people will survive.
• "The elders": same as those in.
• "Mark": see notes on Ezekiel 9:4.

  Verse 11

• "With linen" : refers to "white linen garments."

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