Ezekiel 42:16-19

42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring stick ¹  as 875 feet ²  by the measuring stick. 42:17 He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. 42:18 He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. 42:19 He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.

Ezekiel 40:8

40:8 Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:5

40:5 I saw ³  a wall all around the outside of the temple. ⁴  In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet ⁵  long. He measured the thickness of the wall ⁶  as 10½ feet, ⁷  and its height as 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:7

40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ⁸  The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 27:19

27:19 and casks of wine ⁹  from Izal ¹⁰  they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

Ezekiel 41:8

41:8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick ¹¹  of 10½ feet ¹²  high.

Ezekiel 40:6

40:6 Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10½ feet deep. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 29:6

29:6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord

because they were a reed staff ¹⁴  for the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 40:3

40:3 When he brought me there, I saw ¹⁵  a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway.

[42:16]  ¹ tn Heb “reed” (also in the following verses).

[42:16]  ² tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters).

[40:5]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[40:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[40:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “a measuring stick of six cubits, [each] 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). Therefore the measuring stick in the man’s hand was 10.5 feet (3.15 meters) long. 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.

[40:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “building.”

[40:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “one rod [or “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).

[40:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “10½ feet” in v. 5.

[27:19]  ⁷ tc The MT leaves v. 18 as an incomplete sentence and begins v. 19 with “and Dan and Javan (Ionia) from Uzal.” The LXX mentions “wine.” The translation follows an emendation assuming some confusions of vav and yod. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:82.

[27:19]  ⁸ sn According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:82), Izal was located between Haran and the Tigris and was famous for its wine.

[41:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “reed.”

[41:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

[40:6]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.

[29:6]  ¹³ sn Compare Isa 36:6.

[40:3]  ¹⁵ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.