46:21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed 1 that in every corner of the court there was a court.
46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east 2 will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.
4:9 “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, 7 put them in a single container, and make food 8 from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days 9 – you will eat it.
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).
3 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.
4 tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”
5 tn The MT lacks “you.” It has been added for clarification.
6 tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).
7 sn Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.
8 tn Heb “bread.”
9 tc The LXX reads “190 days.”