Ezekiel 44:26

44:26 After a priest ¹  has become ceremonially clean, they ²  must count off a period of seven days for him.

Ezekiel 9:2-3

9:2 Next, I noticed ³  six men ⁴  coming from the direction of the upper gate ⁵  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit ⁶  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

9:3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub where it had rested to the threshold of the temple. ⁷  He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

Ezekiel 12:16

12:16 But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

[44:26]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the priest) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[44:26]  ² tc One medieval Hebrew ms, the LXX, and the Syriac along with Lev 15:13, 28 read the verb as singular.

[9:2]  ³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[9:2]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

[9:2]  ⁶ 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.

[9:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”