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Gill, John, 1697-1771 • SECTION 217

Ezekiel 18:7

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Ezekiel 18:7

Ver. 7. And hath not oppressed any,.... By fraud or force, particularly the poor, to the great grief and hurt of them:

[but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge; which was pawned; not embezzling it, or keeping it beyond the time fixed by the law of God, De 24:12;

hath spoiled none by violence; has not committed theft and robbery, or done injury to any man's person and property:

hath given his bread to the hungry; which was his own; what he had laboured for, and come by honestly, and so had a right to dispose of; and being merciful, as well as just, eats not his morsel alone, but distributes it to the poor and hungry, Isa 58:7;

and hath covered the naked with a garment; as Job did, as well as the former, and for which Dorcas is commended, Job 31:17.

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