Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou shall also take thereof a few in number,.... These are they that were left in the land of Judea by Nebuzaradan, for vinedressers and husbandmen, and such as returned out of Egypt into the land of…
Of the third part a few are yet to be taken and kept in the fold of the garment (representing those still to remain in their native land), and yet even of those few some are to be cast into the fire.…
We have here the sign by which the utter destruction of Jerusalem is set forth; and here, as before, the prophet is himself the sign, that the people might see how much he affected himself with, and…
Cambridge Bible
few in number Or, "by number," accurately numbering them. (Isa 40:26.) Of those dispersed a few shall meantime be preserved.
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