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Ezekiel 16:10

Ezekiel 16:10
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I decked thee also with ornaments,.... The Targum interprets this of the ornament of the words of the law; see Pro 1:8; but may be as well understood of good works done in obedience to them, from…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Badgers’ skin - Probably the skin of the dolphin or dugong (Exo 25:5 note). Silk - For a robe, a turban, or (as gauze) for a transparent veil; the derivation of the word in the original is much…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I clothed thee also with broidered work - Cloth on which various figures, in various colors, were wrought by the needle.

With badgers'skin - See Exo 25:6. The same kind of skin with which the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 16:6-14

In there verses we have an account of the great things which God did for the Jewish nation in raising them up by degrees to be very considerable. 1. God saved them from the ruin they were upon the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The costly clothing.

broidered work Psa 45:14; Jdg 5:30. The word might mean work of various colours (Exo 26:36). So Eze 16:16; Eze 16:16.

badgers" skin According to most, skin of the sea-cow or…