There is clearly a reference to the idolatry of Egypt. Many subterranean chambers in rocks upon theshores of the Nile exhibit ornamentation and hie…

Every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts. —The description of the idolatrous rites here practiced clearly ind…

Now the Prophet is brought to another place, where another kind of abomination is shown. If an idol had been erected in some recess of the…

So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things As beetles and others, worshippe…

A secret place was, so to speak, opened, where the prophet saw creatures painted on the walls, and a number of the elders of Israel worshipped befo…