Ezekiel 8:3

8:3 He stretched out the form ¹  of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind ²  lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem ³  by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue ⁴  which provokes to jealousy was located.

Ezekiel 9:2

9:2 Next, I noticed ⁵  six men ⁶  coming from the direction of the upper gate ⁷  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit ⁸  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezekiel 46:19

46:19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw ⁹  a place at the extreme western end.

Ezekiel 47:2

47:2 He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed ¹⁰  that the water was trickling out from the south side.

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 ¹¹  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ¹²  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ¹³  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ¹⁴  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

¹ tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).

² tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

³ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Or “image.”

⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁶ sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.

⁷ sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

⁸ tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword.

⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

¹³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

¹⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

¹⁸ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

¹⁹ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

²⁰ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).