Ezekiel 16:21

slain My children. See note on Ezekiel 16:20, above. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21). App-92.

children. sons.

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²¹ That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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