Ezekiel 8:11

8:11 Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel ¹  (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant ²  vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.

Ezekiel 41:12

41:12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet ³  wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet ⁴  all around, and its length 157½ feet. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ⁶  some of the elders ⁷  of Israel came to seek ⁸  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 9:6

9:6 Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women – wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

¹ sn Note the contrast between these seventy men who represented Israel and the seventy elders who ate the covenant meal before God, inaugurating the covenant relationship (Exod 24:1, 9).

² tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

³ tn Heb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).

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

⁵ tn Heb “ninety cubits” (i.e., 47.25 meters).

⁵ sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

⁶ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

⁷ tn See the note at 14:3.