Ezekiel 11:23

11:23 The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped ¹  over the mountain east of it.

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ²  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ³  were about twenty-five ⁴  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ⁵  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ⁶  toward the east!

Ezekiel 25:4

25:4 So take note, ⁷  I am about to make you slaves of ⁸  the tribes ⁹  of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Ezekiel 25:10

25:10 I will hand it over, ¹⁰  along with the Ammonites, ¹¹  to the tribes ¹²  of the east, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.

Ezekiel 45:7

45:7 “‘For the prince there will be land on both sides of the holy allotment and the allotted city, alongside the holy allotment and the allotted city, on the west side and on the east side; it will be comparable in length to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border

[11:23]  ¹ tn Heb “stood.”

[8:16]  ² tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

[8:16]  ³ sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).

[8:16]  ⁴ tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of twenty-five, perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

[8:16]  ⁵ sn The temple faced east.

[8:16]  ⁶ tn Or “the sun god.”

[25:4]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter).

[25:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look I am about to give you for a possession to.”

[25:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons.”

[25:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will give it for a possession.”

[25:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sons of Ammon” (twice in this verse).

[25:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “the sons.”