Ezekiel 4:10-11

4:10 The food you eat will be eight ounces ¹  a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed ²  times. 4:11 And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; ³  you must drink it at fixed times.

Ezekiel 10:5

10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God ⁴  when he speaks.

Ezekiel 27:36

27:36 The traders among the peoples hiss at you;

you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

Ezekiel 28:15

28:15 You were blameless in your behavior ⁵  from the day you were created,

until sin was discovered in you.

Ezekiel 28:19

28:19 All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you;

you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

Ezekiel 41:20

41:20 from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

Ezekiel 47:20

47:20 On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.

Ezekiel 48:2

48:2 Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher ⁶  will have one portion.

Ezekiel 48:4-5

48:4 Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion. 48:5 Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion.

Ezekiel 48:7

48:7 Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west, Judah ⁷  will have one portion.

Ezekiel 48:23-27

48:23 “As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion. 48:24 Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion. 48:25 Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion. 48:26 Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion. 48:27 Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion.

[4:10]  ¹ sn Eight ounces (Heb “twenty shekels”). The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of grain about 230 grams here (8 ounces).

[4:10]  ² tn Heb “from time to time.”

[4:11]  ³ sn A pint and a half [Heb “one-sixth of a hin”]. One-sixth of a hin was a quantity of liquid equal to about 1.3 pints or 0.6 liters.

[10:5]  ⁵ tn The name (“El Shaddai”) has often been translated “God Almighty,” primarily because Jerome translated it omnipotens (“all powerful”) in the Latin Vulgate. There has been much debate over the meaning of the name. For discussion see W. F. Albright, “The Names Shaddai and Abram,” JBL 54 (1935): 173-210; R. Gordis, “The Biblical Root sdy-sd,” JTS 41 (1940): 34-43; and especially T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 69-72.

[28:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “ways.”

[48:2]  ⁹ sn The tribes descended from Jacob’s maidservants are placed farthest from the sanctuary. See Gen 30.

[48:7]  ¹¹ sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12).