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I guess the earth in the verse would represent the priest’s clothes and the works therein would be the priest himselfI recently read an article (which I can’t find right now, of course) which stated that the “thief in the night” was the codeword or nickname for the temple guard who made the late night rounds to make sure the priests weren’t sleeping on the job. (At least one priest had to stay awake to make sure the altar fire remained lit. If the fire went out, they’d have to wait for G_D to send down fire from the heavens to relight it.) If the temple guard found a priest sleeping when he should be watching at his post, the guard would set the priest’s clothes on fire. Puts a different spin on the whole quote, doesn’t it?
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