Yehezkiel 8:16
Konteks8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there 1 at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, 2 were about twenty-five 3 men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, 4 facing east – they were worshiping the sun 5 toward the east!
Yehezkiel 33:30
Konteks33:30 “But as for you, son of man, your people 6 (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 7 ‘Come hear the word that comes 8 from the Lord.’
[8:16] 1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.
[8:16] 2 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] 3 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] tn Or “exactly twenty-five.”
[8:16] 4 sn The temple faced east.
[8:16] sn The worship of astral entities may have begun during the reign of Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:5).
[33:30] 6 tn Heb “sons of your people.”