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244 OtiMatt.x.xx. 41.
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vengeance on them that know not God , " the fire in which he will be revealed must refer to the fire of gehenna ; " because it will . be
the instrument of their punishment , as it follows ^ . u Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord , and from the glory of his
power .: " but there is no other fire mentioned in the Scriptures but that of gehtnna ^ as the instrument
of their punishment ; that , there - fore ^ must be there intended . For the same reason , and others that will be . mentioned , the everlasting fire , in the passage under consideration , and the everlasting punishment ^ ver , 46 . must refer also to the fire of gehenna *
Tjbe word gehenna is compounded of two Hebpew words . Gee Hinnotn that is the valley
of Hin '/ iom or , as it is sometimes called , the valley of the sons of ¦ fflnnom . This valley was near to Jerusalem , on the east side , in
the tribe ofJudah . In this valley was Topjiet , in which a perpetual fire was kept burning , and where the children of Israel were guilty of the most detestable idolatry , in -causing their sons and daughters to be sacrificed unto
Moloch , Jer . xxxii . 35 . " They built , " says God , ** the high places of Baal , which are in the valley of the son of IJinnom , to c « use their sous and their daughters to pass through the fire unto JMoltch , which I commanded
them not , neither came it into jny mind that they should do this abomination to cause Judah to sin / ' See chap . vii . 31 . where the sanae thing is repeated , and
immediately ajter , v . 32 , 33 , a ^ evefe denunciation of punishment in t ^ iss plape is added , against the
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children of Judah , because of the idolatry they had practised therea < c Therefore , behold , the days come , saith the Lord , that it shall no more be called Tophety nor the valley oj the son of Hinnom , but the valley of slaughter ; for they shall bury in Tophet , till there be no place , and the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven , and for the beasts of the earth , and none shall fray them away . " In chap . xix . the prophet is commanded to u get a potter ' s earthen bottle , and to take of the ancients of the
people , and of the -ancients of the priests , and to go forth unto the valley & f the son of Hinnom , and to say , Hear ye the word of the Lord , O kings of Judah , and inhabitants of Jerusalem , thus saith the Lord , of hosts , the God of Israel , Behold , I will bring evil upon this place , the which whosover heareth , his ears shall tingle ; because they have forsaken me , and have estranged this place , and have burnt incense in it unto other Gods , whom neither they nor their fathers have known , nor the kings of Judah ; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents : they have built also the high places of Baal , to burn their sons with fire , for burnt-offerings unto Baal , which I commanded them not , nor spake it , neither came it into my mind ; therefore , behold , the days come , saith the Lord , that this place shall no more be called Tophet , nor the valley of the son of Hinnom , but the valley of slaughter , and I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place , and 1 will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies , swid by the hands of them that
244 Otimatt.X.Xx. 41.
244 OtiMatt . x . xx . 41 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1810, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02051810/page/28/
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