Ezekiel 16:46

16:46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north ¹  of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south ²  of you, was Sodom ³  with her daughters.

Ezekiel 23:4

23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah ⁴  the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. ⁵  Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 43:14

43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, ⁶  and the width 1¾ feet; ⁷  and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, ⁸  and the width 1¾ feet;

¹ tn Heb “left.”

² tn Heb “right.”

³ sn Sodom was the epitome of evil (Deut 29:23; 32:32; Isa 1:9-10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Lam 4:6; Matt 10:15; 11:23-24; Jude 7).

⁴ tn The names Oholah and Oholibah are both derived from the word meaning “tent.” The meaning of Oholah is “her tent,” while Oholibah means “my tent is in her.”

⁵ sn In this allegory the Lord is depicted as being the husband of two wives. The OT law prohibited a man from marrying sisters (Lev 18:18), but the practice is attested in the OT (cf. Jacob). The metaphor is utilized here for illustrative purposes and does not mean that the Lord condoned such a practice or bigamy in general.

⁷ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

⁸ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).

⁹ tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).