Ezekiel 47:19

47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river, ¹  to the Great Sea. This is the south side.

Ezekiel 20:46

20:46 “Son of man, turn toward ²  the south, ³  and speak out against the south. ⁴  Prophesy against the open scrub ⁵  land of the Negev,

Ezekiel 21:4

21:4 Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone ⁶  from the south ⁷  to the north.

Ezekiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ⁸  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ⁹  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Ezekiel 48:17

48:17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, ¹⁰  on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.

Ezekiel 48:28

48:28 Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt ¹¹  and on to the Great Sea.

Ezekiel 48:33

48:33 On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.

Ezekiel 20:47

20:47 and say to the scrub land of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ¹²  I am about to start a fire in you, ¹³  and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 46:9

46:9 “‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

Ezekiel 47:1

Water from the Temple

47:1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed ¹⁴  that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.

Ezekiel 48:10

48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles ¹⁵  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ¹⁶  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ¹⁷  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ¹⁸  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

Ezekiel 48:16

48:16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, ¹⁹  the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.

¹ tn Or “valley.” The syntax is difficult. Some translate “to the river,” others “from the river”; in either case the preposition is supplied for the sake of English.

² tn Heb “set your face toward.” This expression occurs as well in Ezek 6:2; 13:17.

³ tn Or “the way toward the south,” or “the way toward Teman.” Teman is in the south and may be a location or the direction.

⁴ tn Or “toward Darom.” Darom may mean the south or a region just north of southern city of Beer Sheba. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:417-18.

⁵ tn The Hebrew term can also mean “forest,” but a meaning of uncultivated wasteland fits the Negev region far better. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:418.

³ tn Heb “all flesh” (also in the following verse).

⁴ tn Heb “Negev.” The Negev is the south country.

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.

⁵ tn Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.

⁶ tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁸ tn Fire also appears as a form of judgment in Ezek 15:4-7; 19:12, 14.

⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

¹⁰ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

¹¹ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

¹² tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

¹⁰ tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.