20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, 1 some of the elders 2 of Israel came to seek 3 the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.
33:21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, 4 a refugee came to me from Jerusalem 5 saying, “The city has been defeated!” 6
43:18 Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, 7
1 sn The date would be August 14th, 591
2 tn Heb “men from the elders.”
3 tn See the note at 14:3.
4 tn January 19, 585
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Heb “smitten.”
7 sn For the “sprinkling of blood,” see Lev 1:5, 11; 8:19; 9:12.