Ezra 6:11
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Furthermore, I decree that if anyone defies this edict, a beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled on it. And for this crime their house is to be made a pile of rubble.
Read Ezra 6:11 Using Other Translations
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and his house shall be made a dunghill.
“Those who violate this decree in any way will have a beam pulled from their house. Then they will be lifted up and impaled on it, and their house will be reduced to a pile of rubble.
What does Ezra 6:11 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ezra 6:11
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter
this
word
Act contrary to this command, will not obey it, but as much as in
him lies changes and revokes it:
let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up,
let him, be
hanged thereon;
that is, let a beam be taken from it, and a gallows or gibbet
made of it, and hang him on it:
and let his house be made a dunghill for this;
be pulled down, and never rebuilt more, (See Gill on Daniel
2:2), (See Gill on Daniel
2:9).
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