Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

Then I lifted up mine eyes - from the ground, on which they had been fixed in his mourning.

And behold a certain man - literally, one man. An angel of the highest order; because in he commands Gabriel to make Daniel to understand the vision; and in one of the two angels inquires of him how long it would be until the end predicted.

Clothed in linen - the raiment of priests, being the symbol of sanctity, as more pure than wool (); also of prophets (); and of angels ().

Whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz - i:e., with a girdle interwoven with gold ().

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