Ezekiel 21:21

21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork ¹  in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: ²  He shakes arrows, he consults idols, ³  he examines ⁴  animal livers. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 41:22

41:22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet ⁶  high, with its length 3½ feet; ⁷  its corners, its length, ⁸  and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

Ezekiel 43:14

43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, ⁹  and the width 1¾ feet; ¹⁰  and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, ¹¹  and the width 1¾ feet;

¹ tn Heb “mother.”

² sn Mesopotamian kings believed that the gods revealed the future through omens. They employed various divination techniques, some of which are included in the list that follows. A particularly popular technique was the examination and interpretation of the livers of animals. See R. R. Wilson, Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel, 90-110.

³ tn This word refers to personal idols that were apparently used for divination purposes (Gen 31:19; 1 Sam 19:13, 16).

⁴ tn Heb “sees.”

⁵ tn Heb “the liver.”

⁶ tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

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

⁸ tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”

¹¹ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

¹² tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).

¹³ tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).