Ezekiel 1:18

1:18 Their rims were high and awesome, ¹  and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around.

Ezekiel 41:8

41:8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick ²  of 10½ feet ³  high.

Ezekiel 19:11

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ⁴  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 31:10

31:10 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height,

Ezekiel 40:42

40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches ⁶  long, 32 inches ⁷  wide, and 21 inches ⁸  high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

Ezekiel 31:14

31:14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. ⁹  For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; ¹⁰  they will be among mere mortals, ¹¹  with those who descend to the pit.

¹ tc The MT reads וְיִרְאָה לָהֶם (vÿyir’ah lahem, “and fear belonged to them”). In a similar vision in 10:12 the wheels are described as having spokes (יִדֵיהֶם, yideyhem). That parallel would suggest יָדוֹת (yadot) here (written יָדֹת without the mater). By positing both a ד/ר (dalet/resh) confusion and a ת/ה (hey/khet) confusion the form was read as וְיָרֵה (vÿyareh) and was then misunderstood and subsequently written as וְיִרְאָה (vÿyir’ah) in the MT. The reading וְיִרְאָה does not seem to fit the context well, though in English it can be made to sound as if it does. See W. H. Brownlee, Ezekiel 1-19 (WBC), 8-9. The LXX reads καὶ εἶδον αὐτά (kai eidon auta, “and I saw”), which assumes וָאֵרֶא (va’ere’). The existing consonants of the MT may also be read as “it was visible to them.”

² tn Heb “reed.”

³ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

³ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

⁴ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

⁴ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

⁵ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

⁶ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

⁵ tn Heb “and they will not stand to them in their height, all the drinkers of water.”

⁶ tn Heb “for death, to the lower earth.”

⁷ tn Heb “the sons of men.”