Bells] here only in OT. HOLINESS] RV 'HOLY.' Pots] This seems to refer to the ash-pans used for receiving the ashes off the altar: cp. Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3; 1 Kings 7:40; 1 Kings 7:45. These will be as holy as the bowls, probably the golden basins used to hold the sacred blood of the sacrifices in the Temple: cp. Nehemiah 7:70; 1 Kings 7:50; Jeremiah 52:19.

21. Everything in Jerusalem will be specially consecrated to the Lord. The idea of ceremonial and outward holiness is usually considered a feature of later Judaism. On the abuse of this idea, cp. Matthew 23:25.

The Canaanite] RV 'a Canaanite,' RM 'trafficker,' i.e. any person who is there simply to make money by trading rather than to worship: cp. Matthew 21:12.

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