Ezekiel 4:6

4:6 “When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days ¹  – I have assigned one day for each year.

Ezekiel 29:12

29:12 I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries.

Ezekiel 41:2

41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, ²  and the sides ³  of the entrance were 8¾ feet ⁴  on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, ⁵  and its width as 35 feet. ⁶ 

¹ sn The number 40 may refer in general to the period of Judah’s exile using the number of years Israel was punished in the wilderness. In this case, however, one would need to translate, “you will bear the punishment of the house of Judah.”

² tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

³ tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.

⁴ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

⁵ tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).

⁶ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).