And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

They went every one straight forward. The same idea as . The repetition is because we men are so hard to be brought to acknowledge the wisdom of God's doings: they seem tortuous and confused to us; but they are all tending steadily to one aim.

Wither the spirit was to go - the secret impulse whereby God moves His angels to the end designed. They do not turn back or aside until they have fulfilled the office assigned them.

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