Ezekiel 22:20

22:20 As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there ¹  and melt you.

Ezekiel 40:42

40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches ²  long, 32 inches ³  wide, and 21 inches ⁴  high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

Ezekiel 42:14

42:14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

Ezekiel 44:19

44:19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 42:13

42:13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests ⁶  who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings – the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

[22:20]  ¹ tn Heb “I will put.” No object is supplied in the Hebrew, prompting many to emend the text to “I will blow.” See BHS and verse 21.

[40:42]  ² tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

[40:42]  ³ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

[40:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[44:19]  ³ sn For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Sam 6:7. Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21.

[42:13]  ⁴ sn The priests are from the Zadokite family (Ezek 40:6; 44:15).