Abarbanel on Ezekiel 38:5:1
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Work: Abarbanel on Ezekiel
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Abarbanel on Ezekiel — CC0 English partial community translation
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And he mentioned that other nations would come with him—namely, the people of Persia, Cush, and Put—and said of them all, “shields and helmets,” to indicate that although it is the custom of the Cushites to go to war without weapons of war, but only with stones from the field, yet because they are coming with Gog and Magog, they will all carry shields in their hands and helmets on their heads. This is what he means when he says, “You are to say that since you are with Gog and Magog , they will indeed come with shields and helmets, (6) and so will Gomer and all its divisions—that is, the assemb…
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- Abarbanel on Ezekiel — Sefaria Community Translation
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