Ezekiel 1:16

1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their construction ¹  was like gleaming jasper, ²  and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel. ³ 

Ezekiel 7:2

7:2 “You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! ⁴ 

Ezekiel 10:11

10:11 When they ⁵  moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow ⁶  without turning as they moved,

Ezekiel 10:14

10:14 Each of the cherubim ⁷  had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, ⁸  the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

Ezekiel 41:5

41:5 Then he measured the wall of the temple ⁹  as 10½ feet, ¹⁰  and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, ¹¹  all around the temple.

Ezekiel 42:20

42:20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

Ezekiel 45:19

45:19 The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.

Ezekiel 45:21

45:21 “‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten.

Ezekiel 46:21

46:21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed ¹²  that in every corner of the court there was a court.

Ezekiel 48:32-34

48:32 On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. 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. 48:34 On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

[1:16]  ¹ tc This word is omitted from the LXX.

[1:16]  ² tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning of this term is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB); “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV); or “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV).

[1:16]  ³ tn Or “like a wheel at right angles to another wheel.” Some envision concentric wheels here, while others propose “a globe-like structure in which two wheels stand at right angles” (L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 1:33-34). The description given in v. 17 favors the latter idea.

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).

[10:11]  ⁷ sn That is, the cherubim.

[10:11]  ⁸ tn Many interpreters assume that the human face of each cherub was the one that looked forward.

[10:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “each one”; the referent (the cherubim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:14]  ¹¹ sn The living creature described here is thus slightly different from the one described in Ezek 1:10, where a bull’s face appeared instead of a cherub’s. Note that some English versions harmonize the two descriptions and read the same here as in 1:10 (cf. NAB, NLT “an ox”; TEV, CEV “a bull”). This may be justified based on v. 22, which states the creatures’ appearance was the same.

[41:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “house” throughout Ezek 41.

[41:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[41:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “four cubits” (2.1 meters).

[46:21]  ¹⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.