Ezekiel 4:5

4:5 I have determined that the number of the years of their iniquity are to be the number of days ¹  for you – 390 days. ²  So bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. ³ 

Ezekiel 4:9

4:9 “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, ⁴  put them in a single container, and make food ⁵  from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days ⁶  – you will eat it.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Heb “I have assigned for you that the years of their iniquity be the number of days.” Num 14:33-34 is an example of the reverse, where the days were converted into years, the number of days spying out the land becoming the number of years of the wilderness wanderings.

[4:5]  ² tc The LXX reads “190 days.”

[4:5]  ³ tn Or “When you have carried the iniquity of the house of Israel,” and continuing on to the next verse.

[4:9]  ⁴ sn Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.

[4:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “bread.”

[4:9]  ⁶ tc The LXX reads “190 days.”