Yehezkiel 33:11
Konteks33:11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior 1 and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! 2 Why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Yehezkiel 34:1-31
Konteks34:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 34:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds 3 of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? 34:3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep! 34:4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness 4 you have ruled over them. 34:5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. 5 34:6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
34:7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 34:8 As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep, 34:9 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 34:10 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; 6 the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.
34:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out. 34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. 7 34:13 I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land. 34:14 In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush 8 pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel. 34:15 I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord. 34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!
34:17 “‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. 34:18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet? 34:19 As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!
34:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 34:21 Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad, 9 34:22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. 10 He will feed them and will be their shepherd. 34:24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince 11 among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!
34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely 12 in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. 13 34:26 I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing. 14 34:27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid. 34:29 I will prepare for them a healthy 15 planting. They will no longer be victims 16 of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations. 34:30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, 17 and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. 18 34:31 And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, 19 and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Yehezkiel 36:25-31
Konteks36:25 I will sprinkle you with pure water 20 and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. 36:26 I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone 21 from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 22 36:27 I will put my Spirit within you; 23 I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes 24 and carefully observe my regulations. 25 36:28 Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. 26 36:29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it; I will not bring a famine on you. 36:30 I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 36:31 Then you will remember your evil behavior 27 and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.
Yehezkiel 37:1-28
Konteks37:1 The hand 28 of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and placed 29 me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones. 37:2 He made me walk all around among them. 30 I realized 31 there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry. 37:3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said to him, “Sovereign Lord, you know.” 37:4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 37:5 This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath 32 into you and you will live. 37:6 I will put tendons 33 on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath 34 in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied – I heard 35 a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 37:8 As I watched, I saw 36 tendons on them, then muscles appeared, 37 and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath 38 in them.
37:9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, 39 – prophesy, son of man – and say to the breath: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.’” 37:10 So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army.
37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’ 37:12 Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel. 37:13 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people. 37:14 I will place my breath 40 in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord – I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.’”
37:15 The word of the Lord came to me: 37:16 “As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another branch and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 37:17 Join 41 them as one stick; 42 they will be as one in your hand. 37:18 When your people 43 say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’ 37:19 tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah, 44 and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’ 45 37:20 The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them. 37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land. 37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms. 46 37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness 47 by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.
37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow 48 my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. 49 37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever. 37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. 50 I will establish them, 51 increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever. 37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. 37:28 Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.’” 52
Yehezkiel 40:1--48:35
Konteks40:1 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 53 was struck down, on this very day, 54 the hand 55 of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. 56 40:2 By means of divine visions 57 he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, 58 and on it was a structure like a city, to the south. 40:3 When he brought me there, I saw 59 a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway. 40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention 60 to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. 61 Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”
40:5 I saw 62 a wall all around the outside of the temple. 63 In the man’s hand was a measuring stick 10½ feet 64 long. He measured the thickness of the wall 65 as 10½ feet, 66 and its height as 10½ feet. 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. 67 40:7 The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. 68 The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet. 40:8 Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet. 40:9 He measured the porch of the gate as 14 feet, 69 and its jambs as 3½ feet; 70 the porch of the gate faced inward. 40:10 There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement. 71 40:11 He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17½ feet, 72 and the length of the gateway as 22¾ feet. 73 40:12 There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet 74 on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet 75 on either side. 40:13 He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43¾ feet 76 from one entrance to the opposite one. 40:14 He measured 77 the porch 78 at 105 feet 79 high; 80 the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard. 40:15 From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet. 81 40:16 There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. 82
40:17 Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw 83 chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. 40:18 The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. 40:19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet 84 on the east and on the north.
40:20 He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north. 40:21 Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet 85 long and 43¾ feet 86 wide. 40:22 Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them. 40:23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet. 87
40:24 Then he led me toward the south. I saw 88 a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others. 40:25 There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; 89 87½ feet 90 long and 43¾ feet 91 wide. 40:26 There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. 40:27 The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet. 92
40:28 Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others. 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 93 and its width 43¾ feet. 94 40:30 There were porches all around, 43¾ feet 95 long and 8¾ feet 96 wide. 40:31 Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.
40:32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others. 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 97 and its width 43¾ feet. 98 40:34 Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps.
40:35 Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others – 40:36 its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet 99 and its width 43¾ feet. 100 40:37 Its jambs 101 faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.
40:38 There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; 102 there they washed the burnt offering. 40:39 In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. 40:40 On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables. 40:41 Four tables were on each side of the gate, eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered. 40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches 103 long, 32 inches 104 wide, and 21 inches 105 high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them. 40:43 There were hooks 106 three inches 107 long, fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
40:44 On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one 108 at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south 109 gate facing north. 40:45 He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple, 110 40:46 and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the Lord to minister to him.” 40:47 He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; 111 the altar was in front of the temple.
40:48 Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet 112 on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet 113 and the sides 114 were 5¼ feet 115 on each side. 40:49 The length of the porch was 35 feet 116 and the width 19¼ feet; 117 steps 118 led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side.
41:1 Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10½ feet 119 wide on each side. 41:2 The width of the entrance was 17½ feet, 120 and the sides 121 of the entrance were 8¾ feet 122 on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as 70 feet, 123 and its width as 35 feet. 124
41:3 Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3½ feet, 125 the entrance as 10½ feet, 126 and the width of the entrance as 12¼ feet 127 41:4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, 128 and its width as 35 feet, 129 before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”
41:5 Then he measured the wall of the temple 130 as 10½ feet, 131 and the width of the side chambers as 7 feet, 132 all around the temple. 41:6 The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple. 41:7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; 133 for the structure 134 surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.
41:8 I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick 135 of 10½ feet 136 high. 41:9 The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8¾ feet, 137 and the open area between the side chambers of the temple 41:10 and the chambers of the court was 35 feet 138 in width all around the temple on every side. 41:11 There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8¾ feet 139 all around.
41:12 The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122½ feet 140 wide; the wall of the building was 8¾ feet 141 all around, and its length 157½ feet. 142
41:13 Then he measured the temple as 175 feet 143 long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet 144 long, 41:14 and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet. 145
41:15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. 146
The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, 147 41:16 as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered), 41:17 to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement. 148 41:18 It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces: 41:19 a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around; 41:20 from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary. 41:21 The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other. 41:22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet 149 high, with its length 3½ feet; 150 its corners, its length, 151 and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.” 41:23 The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door. 41:24 Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging 152 leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. 41:25 On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy 153 of wood on the front of the outside porch. 41:26 There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like.
42:1 Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north. 42:2 Its length was 175 feet 154 on the north side, 155 and its width 87½ feet. 156 42:3 Opposite the 35 feet 157 that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. 42:4 In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet 158 wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, 159 and their entrances were on the north. 42:5 Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. 42:6 For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers 160 were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones. 42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet 161 long. 42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet 162 long, while those facing the temple were 175 feet 163 long. 42:9 Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court.
42:10 At the beginning 164 of the wall of the court toward the south, 165 facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers 42:11 with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances 42:12 were the chambers 166 which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.
42:13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests 167 who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings – the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy. 42:14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”
42:15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around. 42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring stick 168 as 875 feet 169 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. 42:20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.
43:1 Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east. 43:2 I saw 170 the glory of the God of Israel 171 coming from the east; 172 the sound was like that of rushing water; 173 and the earth radiated 174 his glory. 43:3 It was like the vision I saw when he 175 came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down. 43:4 The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east. 43:5 Then a wind 176 lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched 177 the glory of the Lord filling the temple. 178
43:6 I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me. 43:7 He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne 179 and the place for the soles of my feet, 180 where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die. 181 43:8 When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger. 43:9 Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.
43:10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern. 43:11 When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design – all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.
43:12 “This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.
43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: 182 Its base 183 is 1¾ feet 184 high, 185 and 1¾ feet 186 wide, and its border nine inches 187 on its edge. This is to be the height 188 of the altar. 43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, 189 and the width 1¾ feet; 190 and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, 191 and the width 1¾ feet; 43:15 and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward. 43:16 Now the altar hearth 192 is a perfect square, 21 feet 193 long and 21 feet wide. 43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet 194 long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, 195 and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. 196 Its steps face east.”
43:18 Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, 197 43:19 you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord. 43:20 You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it. 198 43:21 You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.
43:22 “On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull. 43:23 When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock. 43:24 You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them 199 and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.
43:25 “For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided. 43:26 For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it. 200 43:27 When the prescribed period is over, 201 on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; 202 I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord.”
44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut. 44:2 The Lord said to me: “This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut. 44:3 Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal 203 before the Lord; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way.”
44:4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed 204 the glory of the Lord filling the Lord’s temple, and I threw myself face down. 44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, 205 watch closely and listen carefully to 206 everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances 207 to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary. 44:6 Say to the rebellious, 208 to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel! 44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate 209 it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You 210 have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices. 44:8 You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners 211 to keep charge of my sanctuary for you. 44:9 This is what the sovereign Lord says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary. 212
44:10 “‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for 213 their sin. 44:11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them. 44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle 214 to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow 215 concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible 216 for their sin. 44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed. 44:14 Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.
44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok 217 who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord. 44:16 They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.
44:17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen garments; they must not have any wool on them when they minister in the inner gates of the court and in the temple. 44:18 Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat. 44:19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. 218
44:20 “‘They must not shave their heads 219 nor let their hair grow long; 220 they must only trim their heads. 44:21 No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court. 44:22 They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel 221 or a widow who is a priest’s widow. 44:23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean. 222
44:24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; 223 they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe 224 my Sabbaths.
44:25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; 225 however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves. 44:26 After a priest 226 has become ceremonially clean, they 227 must count off a period of seven days for him. 44:27 On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord.
44:28 “‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property. 228 44:29 They may eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs. 44:30 The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind 229 will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house. 44:31 The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal. 230
45:1 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment 231 to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles 232 and the width three and one-third miles. 233 This entire area will be holy. 234 45:2 Of this area a square 875 feet 235 by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet 236 set aside for its open space round about. 45:3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles 237 and a width of three and one-third miles; 238 in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place. 45:4 It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 239 45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles 240 in length and three and one-third miles 241 in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities 242 in which they will live.
45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles 243 wide and eight and a quarter miles 244 long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.
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 45:8 of the land. This will be his property in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people, but the land will be allotted to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
45:9 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, 245 declares the sovereign Lord. 45:10 You must use just balances, 246 a just dry measure (an ephah), 247 and a just liquid measure (a bath). 248 45:11 The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, 249 and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. 45:12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels 250 will be a mina for you.
45:13 “‘This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley, 45:14 and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer); 45:15 and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord. 45:16 All the people of the land will contribute 251 to this offering for the prince of Israel. 45:17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.
45:18 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary. 45:19 The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court. 45:20 This is what you must do on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins inadvertently or through ignorance; so you will make atonement for the temple.
45:21 “‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten. 45:22 On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering. 45:23 And during the seven days of the feast he will provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven bulls and seven rams, all without blemish, on each of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering. 45:24 He will provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a gallon 252 of olive oil for each ephah of grain. 253 45:25 In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, 254 he will make the same provisions for the sin offering, burnt offering, and grain offering, and for the olive oil, for the seven days.
46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east 255 will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened. 46:2 The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening. 46:3 The people of the land will bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the new moons. 46:4 The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram. 46:5 The grain offering will be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be as much as he is able to give, 256 and a gallon 257 of olive oil with an ephah. 46:6 On the day of the new moon he will offer 258 an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish. 46:7 He will provide a grain offering: an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wishes, 259 and a gallon 260 of olive oil with each ephah of grain. 261 46:8 When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way.
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. 46:10 When they come in, the prince will come in with them, and when they go out, he will go out.
46:11 “‘At the festivals and at the appointed feasts the grain offering will be an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able, 262 and a gallon 263 of olive oil with each ephah of grain. 264 46:12 When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. 265
46:13 “‘You 266 will provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering daily to the Lord; morning by morning he will provide it. 46:14 And you 267 will provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a gallon 268 of olive oil to moisten the choice flour, as a grain offering to the Lord; this is a perpetual statute. 46:15 Thus they will provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the olive oil morning by morning, as a perpetual burnt offering.
46:16 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: If the prince should give a gift to one of his sons as 269 his inheritance, it will belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance. 46:17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty; 270 then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will only remain with his sons. 46:18 The prince will not take away any of the people’s inheritance by oppressively removing them from their property. He will give his sons an inheritance from his own possessions so that my people will not be scattered, each from his own property.’”
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 271 a place at the extreme western end. 46:20 He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people.”
46:21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed 272 that in every corner of the court there was a court. 46:22 In the four corners of the court were small 273 courts, 70 feet 274 in length and 52½ feet 275 in width; the four were all the same size. 46:23 There was a row of masonry around each of the four courts, and places for boiling offerings were made under the rows all around. 46:24 Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”
47:1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed 276 that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar. 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 277 that the water was trickling out from the south side.
47:3 When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,750 feet, 278 and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep. 47:4 Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep. 47:5 Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed. 47:6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”
Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 47:7 When I had returned, I noticed 279 a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides. 47:8 He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, 280 where the sea is stagnant, 281 the waters become fresh. 282 47:9 Every living creature which swarms where the river 283 flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh 284 and everything will live where the river flows. 47:10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to En-eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea. 285 47:11 But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty. 47:12 On both sides of the river’s banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.” 286
47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here 287 are the borders 288 you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) 289 47:14 You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; 290 this land will be assigned as your inheritance. 291
47:15 “This will be the border of the land: 292 On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad; 47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, as far as Hazer-hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 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. 47:18 On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side. 47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river, 293 to the Great Sea. This is the south side. 47:20 On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.
47:21 “This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel. 47:22 You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 294 47:23 In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance,” declares the sovereign Lord.
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. 48:2 Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher 295 will have one portion. 48:3 Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west, Naphtali will have one portion. 48:4 Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion. 48:5 Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion. 48:6 Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west, Reuben will have one portion. 48:7 Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west, Judah 296 will have one portion.
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 297 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. 48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles 298 in length and three and one-third miles 299 in width. 48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles 300 in length, toward the west three and one-third miles 301 in width, toward the east three and one-third miles 302 in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles 303 in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle. 48:11 This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did. 304 48:12 It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.
48:13 “Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles 305 in length and three and one-third miles 306 in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles 307 and the width three and one-third miles. 308 48:14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart 309 to the Lord.
48:15 “The remainder, one and two-thirds miles 310 in width and eight and a quarter miles 311 in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it; 48:16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, 312 the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles. 48:17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, 313 on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet. 48:18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles 314 to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city. 48:19 The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it. 48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles 315 square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.
48:21 “The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles 316 of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles 317 to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it. 48:22 The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.
48:23 “As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion. 48:24 Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion. 48:25 Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion. 48:26 Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion. 48:27 Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion. 48:28 Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt 318 and on to the Great Sea. 48:29 This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the sovereign Lord.
48:30 “These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles 319 by measure, 48:31 the gates of the city 320 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. 48:32 On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. 48:33 On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun. 48:34 On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. 48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. 321 The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’” 322
[33:11] 1 tn Heb “turn from his way.”
[33:11] 2 tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.
[34:2] 3 tn The term shepherd is applied to kings in the ancient Near East. In the OT the
[34:4] 4 tn The term translated “harshness” is used to describe the oppression the Israelites suffered as slaves in Egypt (Exod 1:13).
[34:5] 5 tn As a case of dittography, the MT repeats “and they were scattered” at the end of the verse.
[34:10] 6 tn Heb “I will cause them to cease from feeding sheep.”
[34:12] 7 sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6
[34:23] 10 sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).
[34:24] 11 sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25).
[34:25] 12 tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).
[34:25] 13 sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).
[34:26] 14 tn Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4).
[34:29] 15 tc The MT reads לְשֵׁם (lÿshem, “for a name”), meaning perhaps a renowned planting (place). The translation takes this to be a metathesis of שָׁלֹם (shalom) as was read by the LXX.
[34:29] 16 tn Heb “those gathered” for famine.
[34:30] 17 sn A promise given to Abraham (Gen 15:7) and his descendants (Gen 15:8; Exod 6:7).
[34:30] 18 sn The blessings described in vv. 25-30 are those promised for obedience in Lev 26:4-13.
[34:31] 19 tn Heb, “the sheep of my pasture, you are human.” See 36:37-38 for a similar expression. The possessive pronoun “my” is supplied in the translation to balance “I am your God” in the next clause.
[36:25] 20 sn The Lord here uses a metaphor from the realm of ritual purification. For the use of water in ritual cleansing, see Exod 30:19-20; Lev 14:51; Num 19:18; Heb 10:22.
[36:26] 21 sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is stubborn and unresponsive (see 1 Sam 25:37). In Rabbinic literature a “stone” was associated with an evil inclination (b. Sukkah 52a).
[36:26] 22 sn That is, a heart which symbolizes a will that is responsive and obedient to God.
[36:27] 23 tn Or “in the midst of you.” The word “you” is plural.
[36:27] 24 tn Heb “and I will do that which in my statutes you will walk.” The awkward syntax (verb “to do, act” + accusative sign + relative clause + prepositional phrase + second person verb) is unique, though Eccl 3:14 contains a similar construction. In the last line of that verse we read that “God acts so that (relative pronoun) they fear before him.” However, unlike Ezek 36:27, the statement has no accusative sign before the relative pronoun.
[36:27] 25 tn Heb “and my laws you will guard and you will do them.” Jer 31:31-34 is parallel to this passage.
[36:28] 26 sn This promise reflects the ancient covenantal ideal (see Exod 6:7).
[37:1] sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).
[37:1] 29 tn Heb “caused me to rest.”
[37:2] 30 tn Heb “and he made me pass over them, around, around.”
[37:2] 31 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and is here translated as “I realized” because it results from Ezekiel’s recognition of the situation around him. In Hebrew, the exclamation is repeated in the following sentence.
[37:5] 32 tn Heb “I am about to bring a spirit.”
[37:6] 33 tn The exact physiological meaning of the term is uncertain. In addition to v. 8, the term occurs only in Gen 32:33; Job 10:11; 40:17; and Jer 48:4.
[37:7] 35 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[37:8] 36 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[37:9] 39 tn Or “spirit,” and several times in this verse.
[37:14] 40 tn Or “spirit.” This is likely an allusion to Gen 2 and God’s breath which creates life.
[37:17] 41 tn Heb “bring near.”
[37:17] 42 tn Heb “one to one for you for one stick.”
[37:18] 43 tn Heb “the sons of your people.”
[37:19] 44 tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”
[37:19] 45 sn The reunification of Israel and Judah is envisioned as well in Ezek 33:23, 29; Jer 3:18; 23:5-6; Hos 1:11; Amos 9:11.
[37:22] 46 sn Jeremiah also attested to the reuniting of the northern and southern kingdoms (Jer 3:12, 14; 31:2-6).
[37:23] 47 tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.
[37:24] 48 tn Heb “walk [in].”
[37:24] 49 tn Heb “and my statutes they will guard and they will do them.”
[37:26] 50 sn See Isa 24:5; 55:3; 61:8; Jer 32:40; 50:5; Ezek 16:60, for other references to perpetual covenants.
[37:26] 51 tn Heb “give them.”
[37:28] 52 sn The sanctuary of Israel becomes the main focus of Ezek 40-48.
[40:1] 53 sn That is, Jerusalem.
[40:1] 54 tn April 19, 573
[40:1] sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).
[40:1] 56 sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).
[40:2] 57 tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).
[40:2] 58 tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.
[40:3] 59 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[40:4] 60 tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”
[40:4] 61 tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”
[40:5] 62 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[40:5] 64 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] 66 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).
[40:6] 67 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.
[40:7] 68 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.
[40:9] 69 tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).
[40:9] 70 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
[40:10] 71 sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.
[40:11] 72 tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).
[40:11] 73 tn Heb “thirteen cubits” (i.e., 6.825 meters).
[40:12] 74 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
[40:12] 75 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
[40:13] 76 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[40:14] 78 tc The MT reads “jambs” which does not make sense in context. Supposing a confusion of yod for vav, the text may be emended to read “porch.” See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:518.
[40:14] 79 tn Heb “sixty cubits” (i.e., 31.5 meters).
[40:14] 80 tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for sense.
[40:15] 81 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[40:16] 82 sn Decorative palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).
[40:17] 83 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[40:19] 84 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[40:21] 85 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[40:21] 86 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[40:23] 87 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[40:24] 88 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[40:25] 89 tn Heb “as these windows.”
[40:25] 90 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[40:25] 91 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[40:27] 92 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[40:29] 93 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[40:29] 94 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[40:30] 95 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[40:30] 96 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
[40:33] 97 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[40:33] 98 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[40:36] 99 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[40:36] 100 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
[40:37] 101 tc The LXX reads “porches.”
[40:38] 102 tc The MT reads “jambs of the gates” which does not make sense in a context discussing one chamber. The emendation to “porch” is similar to v. 14. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:530.
[40:42] 103 tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
[40:42] 104 tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).
[40:42] 105 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
[40:43] 106 tc This reading is supported by the Aramaic Targum. The LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “shelves” or some type of projection.
[40:43] 107 tn Heb “one handbreadth” (7.5 cm).
[40:44] 108 tn “One” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for clarity in the translation.
[40:44] 109 tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”
[40:45] 110 tn Heb “the house.”
[40:47] 111 tn Heb “one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, a square” (i.e., 52.5 meters by 52.5 meters).
[40:48] 112 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
[40:48] 113 tn The LXX reads “fourteen cubits” (i.e., 7.35 meters). See following note.
[40:48] 114 tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.
[40:48] tn Or “sidewalls.”
[40:48] 115 tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).
[40:49] 116 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
[40:49] 117 tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).
[40:49] 118 tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”
[41:1] 119 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
[41:2] 120 tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).
[41:2] 121 tc The translation follows the LXX. The MT reads “the width of the gate was three cubits,” the omission due to haplography.
[41:2] tn Or “sidewalls.”
[41:2] 122 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
[41:2] 123 tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).
[41:2] 124 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
[41:3] 125 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
[41:3] 126 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
[41:3] 127 tn Heb “seven cubits” (i.e., 3.675 meters).
[41:4] 128 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
[41:4] 129 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
[41:5] 130 tn Heb “house” throughout Ezek 41.
[41:5] 131 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
[41:5] 132 tn Heb “four cubits” (2.1 meters).
[41:7] 133 tc The Hebrew is difficult here. The Targum envisions a winding ramp or set of stairs, which entails reading the first word as a noun rather than a verb and reading the second word also not as a verb, supposing that an initial mem has been read as vav and nun. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:549.
[41:7] 134 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
[41:8] 136 tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).
[41:9] 137 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
[41:10] 138 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
[41:11] 139 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
[41:12] 140 tn Heb “seventy cubits” (36.75 meters).
[41:12] 141 tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).
[41:12] 142 tn Heb “ninety cubits” (i.e., 47.25 meters).
[41:13] 143 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[41:13] 144 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[41:14] 145 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[41:15] 146 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[41:15] 147 tc Some Hebrew
[41:17] 148 tc The LXX does not have the word “by measurements.” The word may be a technical term referring to carpentry technique, the exact meaning of which is unclear.
[41:22] 149 tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).
[41:22] 150 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
[41:22] 151 tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”
[41:24] 152 tn Heb “turning” leaves.
[41:25] 153 tn Or “railings.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:218.
[42:2] 154 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[42:2] 155 tn Heb “the door of the north.”
[42:2] 156 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[42:3] 157 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
[42:4] 158 tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).
[42:4] 159 tc Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm). The LXX and the Syriac read “one hundred cubits” (= 175 feet).
[42:6] 160 tn The phrase “upper chambers” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.
[42:7] 161 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[42:8] 162 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[42:8] 163 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
[42:10] 164 tc The reading is supported by the LXX.
[42:10] 165 tc This reading is supported by the LXX; the MT reads “east.”
[42:12] 166 tc The MT apparently evidences dittography, repeating most of the last word of the previous verse: “and like the openings of.”
[42:13] 167 sn The priests are from the Zadokite family (Ezek 40:6; 44:15).
[42:16] 168 tn Heb “reed” (also in the following verses).
[42:16] 169 tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters).
[43:2] 170 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[43:2] 171 sn This same title appears in 8:4; 9:3; 10:19; and 11:22.
[43:2] 172 sn Earlier Ezekiel had observed God leaving the temple to the east (11:23).
[43:2] 173 sn See Ezek 1:24; Rev 1:15; 14:2; 19:6.
[43:2] 174 tn Heb “shone from.”
[43:3] 175 tc Heb “I.” The reading is due to the confusion of yod (י, indicating a first person pronoun) and vav (ו, indicating a third person pronoun). A few medieval Hebrew
[43:5] 176 tn See note on “wind” in 2:2.
[43:5] 177 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[43:5] 178 sn In 1 Kgs 8:10-11 we find a similar event with regard to Solomon’s temple. See also Exod 40:34-35. and Isa 6:4.
[43:7] 179 sn God’s throne is mentioned in Isa 6:1; Jer 3:17.
[43:7] 180 sn See 1 Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5; 132:7; Isa 60:13; Lam 2:1.
[43:7] 181 tn Heb “by their corpses in their death.” But the term normally translated “corpses” is better understood here as a reference to funeral pillars or funerary offerings. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:583-85, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:257.
[43:13] 182 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] 183 tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.
[43:13] 184 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
[43:13] 185 tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
[43:13] 186 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
[43:13] 187 tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).
[43:13] 188 tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.
[43:14] 189 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
[43:14] 190 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).
[43:14] 191 tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).
[43:16] 192 tn The precise Hebrew word used here to refer to an “altar hearth” occurs only here in the OT.
[43:16] 193 tn Heb “twelve cubits” (i.e., 6.3 meters; the phrase occurs twice in this verse).
[43:17] 194 tn Heb “fourteen”; the word “cubits” is not in the Hebrew text but is understood from the context; the phrase occurs again later in this verse. Fourteen cubits is about 7.35 meters.
[43:17] 195 tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).
[43:17] 196 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
[43:18] 197 sn For the “sprinkling of blood,” see Lev 1:5, 11; 8:19; 9:12.
[43:20] 198 sn Note the similar language in Lev 16:18.
[43:24] 199 sn It is likely that salt was used with sacrificial meals (Num 18:19; 2 Chr 13:5).
[43:26] 200 tn Heb “fill its hands.”
[43:27] 201 tn Heb “and they will complete the days.”
[43:27] 202 sn The people also could partake of the food of the peace offering (Lev 3).
[44:3] 203 tn Heb “to eat bread.”
[44:4] 204 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[44:5] 205 tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).
[44:5] 206 tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”
[44:5] 207 tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.
[44:6] 208 tc The LXX reads “house of rebellion.”
[44:7] 209 tn Heb “to desecrate.”
[44:7] 210 tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”
[44:8] 211 tc Instead of an energic nun (ן), the text may have read a third masculine plural suffix ם (mem), “them,” which was confused with ן (nun) in the old script. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:621.
[44:8] tn This word is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied from the context.
[44:9] 212 sn Tobiah, an Ammonite (Neh 13:8), was dismissed from the temple.
[44:10] 213 tn Heb “will bear.”
[44:12] 214 tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).
[44:12] 215 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
[44:12] 216 tn Heb “will bear.”
[44:15] 217 sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).
[44:19] 218 sn For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Sam 6:7. Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21.
[44:20] 219 sn The shaving of the head was associated with mourning (Ezek 7:18).
[44:20] 220 sn Letting the hair grow was associated with the taking of a vow (Num 6:5; Acts 21:23-26).
[44:22] 221 tn Heb “from the offspring of the house of Israel.”
[44:23] 222 sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).
[44:24] 223 sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.
[44:24] 224 tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”
[44:25] 225 sn This law was part of the legal code for priests (Lev 21:1-3).
[44:26] 226 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the priest) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[44:26] 227 tc One medieval Hebrew
[44:28] 228 sn See Num 18:20; Deut 10:9; 18:2; Josh 13:33; 18:7.
[44:30] 229 tn Heb has in addition “from your contributions,” a repetition unnecessary in English.
[44:31] 230 tn The words “by a wild animal” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation as a clarification of the circumstances.
[44:31] sn For this law, see Lev 7:24; 17:15.
[45:1] 231 tn Heb “a contribution.”
[45:1] 232 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers). The measuring units here 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 miles (one mile = 5,280 feet), with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.
[45:1] 233 tc The LXX reads “twenty thousand cubits.”
[45:1] tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[45:1] 234 tn Heb “holy it is in all its territory round about.”
[45:2] 235 tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters); the phrase occurs twice in this verse.
[45:2] 236 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
[45:3] 237 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[45:3] 238 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[45:4] 239 tc The LXX apparently understood “open land” instead of “sanctuary.”
[45:5] 240 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[45:5] 241 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[45:5] 242 tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.
[45:6] 243 tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
[45:6] 244 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[45:9] 245 sn Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1-16; Jer 22:1-5, 13-17; Ezek 22:25.
[45:10] 246 sn Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Mic 6:10-12.
[45:10] 247 tn Heb “ephah,” which was 1/2 bushel.
[45:10] 248 tn Heb “bath,” a liquid measure, was 5 1/2 gallons.
[45:11] 249 sn The homer was about 5 bushels as a dry measure and 55 gallons as a liquid measure.
[45:12] 250 tn Heb “twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels.”
[45:24] 252 tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.
[45:24] 253 tn Heb “ephah.” The words “of grain” are supplied in the translation as a clarification.
[45:25] 254 sn That is, the Feast of Temporary Shelters, traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles (Exod 23:16; 34:22; Deut 16:16).
[46:1] 255 sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).
[46:5] 256 tn Or “as much as he wishes.” Heb “a gift of his hand.”
[46:5] 257 tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.
[46:6] 258 tn The phrase “he will offer” is not in the Hebrew text but is warranted from the context.
[46:7] 259 tn Heb “with the lambs as his hand can reach.”
[46:7] 260 tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.
[46:7] 261 tn Heb “ephah.” The words “of grain” are supplied in the translation as a clarification.
[46:11] 262 tn Or “as much as he wishes.” Heb “a gift of his hand.”
[46:11] 263 tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.
[46:11] 264 tn Heb “ephah.” The words “of grain” are supplied in the translation as a clarification.
[46:12] 265 tn Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”
[46:13] 266 tc A few Hebrew
[46:14] 267 tc Two medieval Hebrew
[46:14] 268 tn Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.
[46:16] 269 tn The Hebrew text has no preposition; the LXX reads “from” (see v. 17).
[46:17] 270 sn That is, the year of Jubilee (Lev 25:8-15).
[46:19] 271 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[46:21] 272 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[46:22] 273 tc The meaning of the Hebrew term is unclear. The LXX and Syriac render “small.”
[46:22] 274 tn Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).
[46:22] 275 tn Heb “thirty cubits” (i.e., 15.75 meters).
[47:1] 276 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[47:2] 277 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[47:3] 278 tn Heb “one thousand cubits” (i.e., 525 meters); this phrase occurs three times in the next two verses.
[47:7] 279 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
[47:8] 280 tn Heb “the sea,” referring to the Dead Sea. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[47:8] 281 tn Heb “to the sea, those which are brought out.” The reading makes no sense. The text is best emended to read “filthy” (i.e., stagnant). See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:273.
[47:8] 282 tn Heb “the waters become healed.”
[47:9] 283 tn Heb “two rivers,” perhaps under the influence of Zech 14:8. The translation follows the LXX and other ancient versions in reading the singular, which is demanded by the context (see vv. 5-7, 9b, 12).
[47:9] 284 tn Heb “will be healed.”
[47:10] 285 sn The Great Sea refers to the Mediterranean Sea (also in vv. 15, 19, 20).
[47:12] 286 sn See Rev 22:1-2.
[47:13] 287 tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.
[47:13] 288 tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.
[47:13] 289 tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.
[47:13] sn One portion for Ephraim, the other for Manasseh (Gen 48:17-20).
[47:14] 290 sn Gen 15:9-21.
[47:14] 291 tn Heb “will fall to you as an inheritance.”
[47:15] 292 sn The measurements resemble those in Num 34:1-2.
[47:19] 293 tn Or “valley.” The syntax is difficult. Some translate “to the river,” others “from the river”; in either case the preposition is supplied for the sake of English.
[47:22] 294 sn A similar attitude toward non-Israelites is found in Isa 56:3-8.
[48:2] 295 sn The tribes descended from Jacob’s maidservants are placed farthest from the sanctuary. See Gen 30.
[48:7] 296 sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12).
[48:8] 297 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:9] 298 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:9] 299 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[48:10] 300 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:10] 301 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[48:10] 302 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[48:10] 303 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:11] 304 tn Heb “strayed off.”
[48:13] 305 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:13] 306 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[48:13] 307 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:13] 308 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
[48:15] 310 tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
[48:15] 311 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:16] 312 tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
[48:17] 313 tn Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
[48:18] 314 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.
[48:20] 315 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:21] 316 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:21] 317 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
[48:28] 318 tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
[48:30] 319 tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs again in vv. 32-34.
[48:31] 320 sn See Rev 21:12-14.
[48:35] 321 tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).
[48:35] 322 sn See Rev 21:12-21.
