Ezekiel 2:10

2:10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front ¹  and back; ²  written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

Matthew 2:16

2:16 When Herod ³  saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men ⁴  to kill all the children in Bethlehem ⁵  and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

[2:10]  ¹ tn Heb “on the face.”

[2:10]  ² sn Written on the front and back. While it was common for papyrus scrolls to have writing on both sides the same was not true for leather scrolls.

[2:16]  ³ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.

[2:16]  ⁴ tn Or “soldiers.”

[2:16]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.