Yehezkiel 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 ¹  was struck down, on this very day, ²  the hand ³  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁴ 

Yehezkiel 43:17

43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet ⁵  long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, ⁶  and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. ⁷  Its steps face east.”

[40:1]  ¹ sn That is, Jerusalem.

[40:1]  ² tn April 19, 573 b.c.

[40:1]  ³ tn Or “power.”

[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]  ⁴ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

[43:17]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

[43:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).