Zebub Was A Symbol Of Impurity

The ZEBUB was a symbol of impurity. “Behold, now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God” (2 Kings 4:8). How did she discover this? From the fact that no fly crossed the table of Elisha. A Thorah-flame, an אש דת (Deuteronomy 33:2), goes forth from the righteous, and purifies the air around. Cf. pp. 35, 79.

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Author: Charles Taylor

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Bible reference(s): Eccl. 10:1, 2 Kings 1:2-3, 2 Kings 1:6, 2 Kings 1:16, Mat 10:25, Mat 12:24-27, Mark 3:22, Luke 11:15

Source: Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Cambridge: University Press, 1877), pg. 96.

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