Genesis 24:22

24:22 After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka ¹  and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels ²  and gave them to her. ³ 

Genesis 24:47

24:47 Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.’ ⁴  I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

Isaiah 3:18-21

3:18 ⁵ At that time ⁶  the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, ⁷  neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments, 3:19 earrings, bracelets, veils, 3:20 headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, ⁸  amulets, 3:21 rings, nose rings,

Ezekiel 16:11-13

16:11 I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck. 16:12 I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 16:13 You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.

Ezekiel 16:2

16:2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem ⁹  with her abominable practices

Ezekiel 1:3-4

1:3 the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel ¹⁰  the son of Buzi, ¹¹  at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. ¹²  The hand ¹³  of the Lord came on him there).

1:4 As I watched, I noticed ¹⁴  a windstorm ¹⁵  coming from the north – an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, ¹⁶  such that bright light ¹⁷  rimmed it and came from ¹⁸  it like glowing amber ¹⁹  from the middle of a fire.

¹ sn A beka weighed about 5-6 grams (0.2 ounce).

² sn A shekel weighed about 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce) although weights varied locally, so these bracelets weighed about 4 ounces (115 grams).

³ tn The words “and gave them to her” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

⁴ tn Heb “whom Milcah bore to him.” The referent (Nahor) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ sn The translation assumes that the direct quotation ends with v. 17. The introductory formula “in that day” and the shift from a poetic to prosaic style indicate that a new speech unit begins in v. 18.

⁶ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

⁷ tn Or “the beauty of [their] ankle jewelry.”

⁸ tn Heb “houses of breath.” HALOT 124 s.v. בַּיִת defines them as “scent-bottles”; cf. NAB, NRSV “perfume boxes.”

⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰ sn The prophet’s name, Ezekiel, means in Hebrew “May God strengthen.”

¹¹ tn Or “to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest.”

¹² tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The name of the tribal group ruling Babylon, “Chaldeans” is used as metonymy for the whole empire of Babylon. The Babylonians worked with the Medes to destroy the Assyrian Empire near the end of the 7th century b.c. Then, over the next century, the Babylonians dominated the West Semitic states (such as Phoenicia, Aram, Moab, Edom, and Judah in the modern countries of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel) and made incursions into Egypt.

¹³ tn Or “power.”

¹⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

¹⁵ sn Storms are often associated with appearances of God (see Nah 1:3; Ps 18:12). In some passages, the “storm” (סְעָרָה, sÿ’arah) may be a whirlwind (Job 38:1, 2 Kgs 2:1).

¹⁶ tn Heb “fire taking hold of itself,” perhaps repeatedly. The phrase occurs elsewhere only in Exod 9:24 in association with a hailstorm. The LXX interprets the phrase as fire flashing like lightning, but it is possibly a self-sustaining blaze of divine origin. The LXX also reverses the order of the descriptors, i.e., “light went around it and fire flashed like lightning within it.”

¹⁷ tn Or “radiance.” The term also occurs in 1:27b.

¹⁸ tc Or “was in it”; cf. LXX ἐν τῷ μέσῳ αὐτοῦ (en tw mesw autou, “in its midst”).

¹⁹ tn The LXX translates חַשְׁמַל (khashmal) with the word ἤλεκτρον (hlektron, “electrum”; so NAB), an alloy of silver and gold, perhaps envisioning a comparison to the glow of molten metal.