And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto them, defile the house,.... The temple; do not be afraid of slaying any person in it, for fear of defiling it; they have defiled it with their abominations, and now do you defile it…
Barnes' Notes
Defile the house - By filling the temple and its courts with the bodies of the slain. See Num 19:11.
Adam Clarke
Defile the house - A dreadful sentence, Let it be polluted, I will no more dwell in it; I now utterly forsake it.
In these verses we have,
I. A command given to the destroyers to do execution according to their commission. They stood by the brazen altar, waiting for orders; and orders are here given them to cut…
Cambridge Bible
Defile the house The "house" embraces the temple house and its precincts, including the courts. The presence of dead in the courts defiled the whole.
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