Ezekiel 4:9

4:9 “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, ¹  put them in a single container, and make food ²  from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days ³  – you will eat it.

Ezekiel 9:2

9:2 Next, I noticed ⁴  six men ⁵  coming from the direction of the upper gate ⁶  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit ⁷  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezekiel 16:5

16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ⁸  you were thrown out into the open field ⁹  because you were detested on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 17:7

17:7 “‘There was another great eagle ¹⁰ 

with broad wings and thick plumage.

Now this vine twisted its roots toward him

and sent its branches toward him

to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

Ezekiel 21:19

21:19 “You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.

Ezekiel 33:2

33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, ¹¹  and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

Ezekiel 33:24

33:24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’ ¹² 

Ezekiel 33:30

33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people ¹³  (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ¹⁴  ‘Come hear the word that comes ¹⁵  from the Lord.’

Ezekiel 40:44

40:44 On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one ¹⁶  at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south ¹⁷  gate facing north.

Ezekiel 43:13-14

The Altar

43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: ¹⁸  Its base ¹⁹  is 1¾ feet ²⁰  high, ²¹  and 1¾ feet ²²  wide, and its border nine inches ²³  on its edge. This is to be the height ²⁴  of the altar. 43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, ²⁵  and the width 1¾ feet; ²⁶  and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, ²⁷  and the width 1¾ feet;

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

Ezekiel 48:1

The Tribal Portions

48:1 “These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion.

Ezekiel 48:8

48:8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles ²⁸  wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

[4:9]  ¹ sn Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.

[4:9]  ² tn Heb “bread.”

[4:9]  ³ tc The LXX reads “190 days.”

[9:2]  ⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[9:2]  ⁵ sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.

[9:2]  ⁶ sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

[9:2]  ⁷ tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword.

[16:5]  ⁷ sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

[16:5]  ⁸ sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.

[17:7]  ¹⁰ sn The phrase another great eagle refers to Pharaoh Hophra.

[33:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:24]  ¹⁶ sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.

[33:30]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “sons of your people.”

[33:30]  ²⁰ tn Heb “one to one, a man to his brother.”

[33:30]  ²¹ tn Heb “comes out.”

[40:44]  ²² tn “One” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for clarity in the translation.

[40:44]  ²³ tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”

[43:13]  ²⁵ tn Heb “the measurements of the altar by cubits, the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes. On the altar see Ezek 40:47.

[43:13]  ²⁶ tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.

[43:13]  ²⁷ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ²⁸ tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[43:13]  ²⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

[43:13]  ³⁰ tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).

[43:13]  ³¹ tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.

[43:14]  ²⁸ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

[43:14]  ²⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).

[43:14]  ³⁰ tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).

[48:8]  ³¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).