37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
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In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: …
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. …
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-44)The design which was now on foot among the elders of Israel was that the people of Israel, being scattered among the nations, should lay aside all their peculiarities and conform to those among whom they lived; but God had told them that the design should not take effect, Ezek. 20:32. Now, in these verses, he shows particularly how it should be frustrated. They aimed at the mingling of the familie…
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