They that were sanctified, and thought themselves clean in the gardens behind the gate within, they that did eat swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
Ibn Ezra
That sanctify themselves, for idolatry. המתטהרים=המטהרים. That purify themselves. The ת of the Hithpael is compensated for by the Dagesh in ט. In the gardens. In the grovea. אחת One. The feminine form agrees with אשרה grove, while the masculine form אחד of the Ketib refers to עץ tree; for every grove consists of trees. In the midst. They surround the tree from all sides; or it is in the midst of the garden. Eating swine’s meat. They sanctify themselves, but their bodies are full of uncleanliness.
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