Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ¹  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ² 

Ezekiel 40:6

40:6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep. ³ 

Ezekiel 40:44

40:44 On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one ⁴  at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south ⁵  gate facing north.

Ezekiel 43:17

43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet ⁶  long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, ⁷  and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. ⁸  Its steps face east.”

Ezekiel 46:1

The Prince’s Offerings

46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east ⁹  will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.

Ezekiel 46:12

46:12 When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. ¹⁰ 

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 ¹¹  that the water was trickling out from the south side.

Ezekiel 48:1

The Tribal Portions

48:1 “These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion.

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 ¹²  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ¹³  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ¹⁴  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ¹⁵  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, ¹⁶  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.

Ezekiel 48:18

48:18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles ¹⁷  to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city.

[11:1]  ¹ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:1]  ² sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

[40:6]  ³ tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.

[40:44]  ⁵ tn “One” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for clarity in the translation.

[40:44]  ⁶ tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”

[43:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “fourteen”; the word “cubits” is not in the Hebrew text but is understood from the context; the phrase occurs again later in this verse. Fourteen cubits is about 7.35 meters.

[43:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

[43:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[46:1]  ⁹ sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).

[46:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”

[47:2]  ¹³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[48:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.

[48:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.