Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ²  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ³ 

Ezekiel 8:16

8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there ⁴  at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, ⁵  were about twenty-five ⁶  men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, ⁷  facing east – they were worshiping the sun ⁸  toward the east!

Ezekiel 11:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

11:1 A wind ⁹  lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. ¹⁰ 

Ezekiel 40:1

Vision of the New Temple

40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ¹¹  was struck down, on this very day, ¹²  the hand ¹³  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 40:7

40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. ¹⁵  The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 40:21

40:21 Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet ¹⁶  long and 43¾ feet ¹⁷  wide.

Ezekiel 40:29

40:29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ¹⁸  and its width 43¾ feet. ¹⁹ 

Ezekiel 40:33

40:33 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ²⁰  and its width 43¾ feet. ²¹ 

Ezekiel 41:12

41:12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet ²²  wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet ²³  all around, and its length 157½ feet. ²⁴ 

[8:1]  ¹ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

[8:1]  ² tn Or “power.”

[8:1]  ³ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

[8:16]  ⁴ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.

[8:16]  ⁵ sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).

[8:16]  ⁶ tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of twenty-five, perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash.

[8:16]  ⁷ sn The temple faced east.

[8:16]  ⁸ tn Or “the sun god.”

[11:1]  ⁷ tn Or “spirit.” See note on “wind” in 2:2.

[11:1]  ⁸ sn The phrase officials of the people occurs in Neh 11:1; 1 Chr 21:2; 2 Chr 24:23.

[40:1]  ¹⁰ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ¹¹ tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ¹² tn Or “power.”

[40:1]  ¹³ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

[40:7]  ¹³ 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.

[40:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:29]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:29]  ²⁰ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:33]  ²² tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:33]  ²³ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[41:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).

[41:12]  ²⁶ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[41:12]  ²⁷ tn Heb “ninety cubits” (i.e., 47.25 meters).