Ezekiel 40:6

40:6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep. ¹ 

Ezekiel 40:22

40:22 Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

Ezekiel 40:29

40:29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ²  and its width 43¾ feet. ³ 

Ezekiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ⁴  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ⁵  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Ezekiel 3:18

3:18 When I say to the wicked, “You will certainly die,” ⁶  and you do not warn him – you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live – that wicked person will die for his iniquity, ⁷  but I will hold you accountable for his death. ⁸ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.

² tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

³ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

⁴ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

⁵ tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

⁶ sn Even though the infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the warning, the warning is still implicitly conditional, as the following context makes clear.

⁷ tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and v. 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment for iniquity.”

⁸ tn Heb “his blood I will seek from your hand.” The expression “seek blood from the hand” is equivalent to requiring the death penalty (2 Sam 4:11-12).