Maccabees 3:47; see also 4:39). Other examples are found in several other books of the Bible including, Numbers 19:9 , 19:17 , Jonah 3:6 , Matthew 11:21 , and Luke 10:13 , and Hebrews 9:13 . Ezekiel 9 also speaks of a linen-clad messenger marking the forehead of the city inhabitants