Ezekiel 40:17

40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw ¹  chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.

Ezekiel 40:1

Vision of the New Temple

40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ²  was struck down, on this very day, ³  the hand ⁴  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 9:1

The Execution of Idolaters

9:1 Then he shouted in my ears, “Approach, ⁶  you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!”

Nehemiah 10:38-39

10:38 A priest of Aaron’s line ⁷  will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. 10:39 The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God.”

¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

² sn That is, Jerusalem.

³ tn April 19, 573 b.c.

⁴ tn Or “power.”

⁵ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

⁶ tc Heb “they approached.” Reading the imperative assumes the same consonantal text but different vowels.

⁷ tn Heb “And the priest the son of Aaron.”