39. measuring-line--
(Eze 40:8;
Zec 2:1).
Gareb--from a Hebrew root, "to scrape"; Syriac, "leprosy";
the locality outside of the city, to which lepers were removed.
Goath--from a root, "to toil," referring to the toilsome ascent
there: outside of the city of David, towards the southwest, as Gareb was
northwest [JUNIUS].
JFB.
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