Ezekiel 47:15

47:15 “This will be the border of the land: ¹  On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;

Ezekiel 8:5

8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward ²  the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.

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 47:17

47:17 The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

Ezekiel 48:17

48:17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, ³  on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.

Ezekiel 48:31

48:31 the gates of the city ⁴  will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

Ezekiel 8:3

8:3 He stretched out the form ⁵  of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind ⁶  lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem ⁷  by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue ⁸  which provokes to jealousy was located.

Ezekiel 9:2

9:2 Next, I noticed ⁹  six men ¹⁰  coming from the direction of the upper gate ¹¹  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit ¹²  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezekiel 46:19

46:19 Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw ¹³  a place at the extreme western end.

Ezekiel 47:2

47:2 He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed ¹⁴  that the water was trickling out from the south side.

Ezekiel 48:10

48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles ¹⁵  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ¹⁶  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ¹⁷  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ¹⁸  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

Ezekiel 20:47

20:47 and say to the scrub land of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ¹⁹  I am about to start a fire in you, ²⁰  and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 46:9

46:9 “‘When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead.

[47:15]  ¹ sn The measurements resemble those in Num 34:1-2.

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”

[48:17]  ³ tn Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.

[48:31]  ⁴ sn See Rev 21:12-14.

[8:3]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term is normally used as an architectural term in describing the pattern of the tabernacle or temple or a representation of it (see Exod 25:8; 1 Chr 28:11).

[8:3]  ⁶ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[8:3]  ⁷ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:3]  ⁸ tn Or “image.”

[9:2]  ⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[9:2]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

[9:2]  ⁹ 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.

[46:19]  ⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[47:2]  ⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[48:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ¹² tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[20:47]  ¹⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[20:47]  ¹¹ tn Fire also appears as a form of judgment in Ezek 15:4-7; 19:12, 14.