Ezekiel 24:17 (KJV)

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Forbear to cry make no mourning for the dead bind the tire of thine head upon thee and put on thy shoes upon thy feet and cover not thy lips and eat not the bread of men

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Cross-references

Forbear to cry. Heb. Be silent. Ps 37:7 Ps 39:9 Ps 46:10 Am 8:3 Hab 2:20

make. Jer 16:4-7

bind. Eze 24:23 Le 10:6 Le 21:10

put. 2Sa 15:30

cover. Eze 24:22 Le 13:45 Mic 3:7

lips. Heb. upper lip, and so ver. Eze 24:22

eat. Ho 9:4

the bread of men.{Lechem anoshim,} not "the bread of mourners," as some render, but "the bread of other men," i.e., such as was commonly sent to mourners on such occasions by their friends. Jer 16:7

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