The Priesthood Restored
1Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east, and it was shut. 2The LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. 3The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
4Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling the temple of the LORD, and I fell facedown.
5The LORD said to me, “Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the regulations and instructions regarding the temple of the LORD. Give attention to the entrance to the temple and all the exits of the sanctuary. 6Say to rebellious Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough of your detestable practices, people of Israel! 7In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant. 8Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary. 9This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.
10“ ‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin. 11They may serve in my sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and serving in it; they may slaughter the burnt offerings and sacrifices for the people and stand before the people and serve them. 12But because they served them in the presence of their idols and made the people of Israel fall into sin, therefore I have sworn with uplifted hand that they must bear the consequences of their sin, declares the Sovereign LORD. 13They are not to come near to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or my most holy offerings; they must bear the shame of their detestable practices. 14And I will appoint them to guard the temple for all the work that is to be done in it.
15“ ‘But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign LORD. 16They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table to minister before me and serve me as guards.
17“ ‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes; they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. 18They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire. 19When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated through contact with their garments.
20“ ‘They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed. 21No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court. 22They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests. 23They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
24“ ‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.
25“ ‘A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself. 26After he is cleansed, he must wait seven days. 27On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering[134] for himself, declares the Sovereign LORD.
28“ ‘I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. 29They will eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted[135] to the LORD will belong to them. 30The best of all the firstfruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household. 31The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead or torn by wild animals.
Israel Fully Restored
1“ ‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to the LORD a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits[136] long and 20,000[137] cubits[138] wide; the entire area will be holy. 2Of this, a section 500 cubits[139] square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[140] around it for open land. 3In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[141] wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary. 5An area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to live in.[142]
6“ ‘You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits[143] wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will belong to all Israel.
7“ ‘The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions. 8This land will be his possession in Israel. And my princes will no longer oppress my people but will allow the people of Israel to possess the land according to their tribes.
9“ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign LORD. 10You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah[144] and an accurate bath.[145] 11The ephah and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both. 12The shekel[146] is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[147]
13“ ‘This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah[148] from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah[149] from each homer of barley. 14The prescribed portion of olive oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath[150] from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer). 15Also one sheep is to be taken from every flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the people, declares the Sovereign LORD. 16All the people of the land will be required to give this special offering to the prince in Israel. 17It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings at the festivals, the New Moons and the Sabbaths—at all the appointed festivals of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings,[151] grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the Israelites.
18“ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the first month on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect and purify the sanctuary. 19The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar and on the gateposts of the inner court. 20You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.
21“ ‘In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover, a festival lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast. 22On that day the prince is to provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land. 23Every day during the seven days of the festival he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams without defect as a burnt offering to the LORD, and a male goat for a sin offering. 24He is to provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin[152] of olive oil for each ephah.
25“ ‘During the seven days of the festival, which begins in the seventh month on the fifteenth day, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings and oil.
1“ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The gate of the inner court facing east is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened. 2The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening. 3On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the LORD at the entrance of that gateway. 4The burnt offering the prince brings to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect. 5The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah,[153] and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin[154] of olive oil for each ephah. 6On the day of the New Moon he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect. 7He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah. 8When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.
9“ ‘When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed festivals, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate. 10The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and going out when they go out. 11At the feasts and the appointed festivals, the grain offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.
12“ ‘When the prince provides a freewill offering to the LORD—whether a burnt offering or fellowship offerings—the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be shut.
13“ ‘Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD; morning by morning you shall provide it. 14You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah[155] with a third of a hin[156] of oil to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the LORD is a lasting ordinance. 15So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular burnt offering.
16“ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance. 17If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs. 18The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.’ ”
19Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end. 20He said to me, “This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering[157] and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating the people.”
21He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court. 22In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed[158] courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide;[159] each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. 23Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge. 24He said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple are to cook the sacrifices of the people.”
The River From the Temple
1The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side.
3As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits[160] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. 6He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?”
Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,[161] where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. 9Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. 11But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”
The Boundaries of the Land
13This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “These are the boundaries of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph. 14You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.
15“This is to be the boundary of the land:
“On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea by the Hethlon road past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, 16Berothah[162] and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan,[163] along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.
18“On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar.[164] This will be the eastern boundary.
19“On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
20“On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.
21“You are to distribute this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites; along with you they are to be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance,” declares the Sovereign LORD.
The Division of the Land
1“These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.
2“Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.
3“Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.
4“Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
5“Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
6“Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
7“Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.
8“Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits[165] wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.
9“The special portion you are to offer to the LORD will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[166] wide. 10This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the LORD. 11This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. 12It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.
13“Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. 14They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the LORD.
15“The remaining area, 5,000 cubits[167] wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it 16and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,[168] the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. 17The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits[169] on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. 18What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. 19The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. 20The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.
21“What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. 22So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.
23“As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.
24“Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
25“Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.
26“Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.
27“Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
28“The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
29“This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Sovereign LORD.
The Gates of the New City
30“These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, 31the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.
32“On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.
33“On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.
34“On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.
35“The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.[170]
“And the name of the city from that time on will be:
THE LORD IS THERE.”
Ezekiel 1
[BACK TO[1]] 1:3 Or Chaldeans
[BACK TO[2]] 1:24 Hebrew Shaddai
Ezekiel 2
[BACK TO[3]] 2:1 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.
Ezekiel 3
[BACK TO[4]] 3:12 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text sound—may the glory of the LORD be praised from his place
[BACK TO[5]] 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20
Ezekiel 4
[BACK TO[6]] 4:4 Or upon your side
[BACK TO[7]] 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
[BACK TO[8]] 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter
[BACK TO[9]] 4:17 Or away in
Ezekiel 5
[BACK TO[10]] 5:7 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac You have
Ezekiel 6
[BACK TO[11]] 6:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts Riblah
Ezekiel 7
[BACK TO[12]] 7:5 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Disaster after
[BACK TO[13]] 7:11 Or The violent one has become
Ezekiel 8
[BACK TO[14]] 8:2 Or saw a fiery figure
Ezekiel 10
[BACK TO[15]] 10:5 Hebrew El-Shaddai
[BACK TO[16]] 10:11 Or aside
Ezekiel 11
[BACK TO[17]] 11:24 Or Chaldea
Ezekiel 13
[BACK TO[18]] 13:3 Or wicked
[BACK TO[19]] 13:14 Or the city
Ezekiel 14
[BACK TO[20]] 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20
Ezekiel 16
[BACK TO[21]] 16:6 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts repeat and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”
[BACK TO[22]] 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
[BACK TO[23]] 16:29 Or Chaldea
[BACK TO[24]] 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart,
[BACK TO[25]] 16:57 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate Aram
Ezekiel 18
[BACK TO[26]] 18:10 Or things to a brother
Ezekiel 19
[BACK TO[27]] 19:7 Targum (see Septuagint); Hebrew He knew
[BACK TO[28]] 19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood
[BACK TO[29]] 19:14 Or from under its
Ezekiel 20
[BACK TO[30]] 20:29 Bamah means high place.
[BACK TO[31]] 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits
[BACK TO[32]] 20:49 In Hebrew texts 20:45–49 is numbered 21:1–5.
Ezekiel 21
[BACK TO[33]] In Hebrew texts 21:1–32 is numbered 21:6–37.
Ezekiel 21
[BACK TO[34]] 21:15 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Ezekiel 22
[BACK TO[35]] 22:16 Or When I have allotted you your inheritance
[BACK TO[36]] 22:25 Septuagint; Hebrew prophets
Ezekiel 23
[BACK TO[37]] 23:14 Or Babylonians
[BACK TO[38]] 23:15 Or Babylonia; also in verse 16
[BACK TO[39]] 23:21 Syriac (see also verse 3); Hebrew caressed because of your young breasts
[BACK TO[40]] 23:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Ezekiel 24
[BACK TO[41]] 24:23 Or away in
Ezekiel 26
[BACK TO[42]] 26:1 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have month of the twelfth.
[BACK TO[43]] 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah
[BACK TO[44]] 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory
Ezekiel 27
[BACK TO[45]] 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
[BACK TO[46]] 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.
[BACK TO[47]] 27:15 Septuagint; Hebrew Dedan
[BACK TO[48]] 27:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Edom
[BACK TO[49]] 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Ezekiel 28
[BACK TO[50]] 28:3 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature
[BACK TO[51]] 28:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
[BACK TO[52]] 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Ezekiel 29
[BACK TO[53]] 29:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew and you caused their backs to stand
[BACK TO[54]] 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region
[BACK TO[55]] 29:21 Horn here symbolizes strength.
Ezekiel 30
[BACK TO[56]] 30:4 That is, the upper Nile region; also in verses 5 and 9
Ezekiel 32
[BACK TO[57]] 32:9 Hebrew; Septuagint bring you into captivity among the nations, / to
[BACK TO[58]] 32:27 Septuagint; Hebrew warriors who were uncircumcised
[BACK TO[59]] 32:27 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text punishment
Ezekiel 33
[BACK TO[60]] 33:8 Or in; also in verse 9
[BACK TO[61]] 33:10 Or away in
Ezekiel 34
[BACK TO[62]] 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed
Ezekiel 37
[BACK TO[63]] 37:5 The Hebrew for this word can also mean wind or spirit (see verses 6–14).
[BACK TO[64]] 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned
Ezekiel 38
[BACK TO[65]] 38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,
[BACK TO[66]] 38:3 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
[BACK TO[67]] 38:5 That is, the upper Nile region
[BACK TO[68]] 38:12 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.
[BACK TO[69]] 38:13 Or her strong lions
Ezekiel 39
[BACK TO[70]] 39:1 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
[BACK TO[71]] 39:11 Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.
[BACK TO[72]] 39:16 Hamonah means horde.
[BACK TO[73]] 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity
Ezekiel 40
[BACK TO[74]] 40:5 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verse 12. The long cubit of about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters is the basic unit of measurement of length throughout chapters 40–48.
[BACK TO[75]] 40:7 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verse 48
Ezekiel 40
[BACK TO[76]] 40:8, 9 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts gateway facing the temple; it was one rod deep. 9Then he measured the portico of the gateway; it
[BACK TO[77]] 40:9 That is, about 14 feet or about 4.2 meters
[BACK TO[78]] 40:9 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1 meter
[BACK TO[79]] 40:11 That is, about 18 feet wide and 23 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 6.9 meters long
[BACK TO[80]] 40:13 That is, about 44 feet or about 13 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 30, 33 and 36
[BACK TO[81]] 40:14 That is, about 105 feet or about 32 meters
[BACK TO[82]] 40:14 Septuagint; Hebrew projecting wall
[BACK TO[83]] 40:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
[BACK TO[84]] 40:15 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters; also in verses 21, 25, 29, 33 and 36
[BACK TO[85]] 40:19 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 23, 27 and 47
[BACK TO[86]] 40:37 Septuagint (see also verses 31 and 34); Hebrew jambs
[BACK TO[87]] 40:39 Or purification offerings
[BACK TO[88]] 40:42 That is, about 2 2/3 feet long and wide and 21 inches high or about 80 centimeters long and wide and 53 centimeters high
[BACK TO[89]] 40:43 That is, about 3 1/2 inches or about 9 centimeters
[BACK TO[90]] 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew were rooms for singers, which were
[BACK TO[91]] 40:44 Septuagint; Hebrew east
[BACK TO[92]] 40:48 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
[BACK TO[93]] 40:48 Septuagint; Hebrew entrance was
[BACK TO[94]] 40:48 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.6 meters
[BACK TO[95]] 40:49 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
[BACK TO[96]] 40:49 Septuagint; Hebrew eleven
[BACK TO[97]] 40:49 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
[BACK TO[98]] 40:49 Hebrew; Septuagint Ten steps led up to it
Ezekiel 41
[BACK TO[99]] 41:1 That is, about 11 feet or about 3.2 meters; also in verses 3, 5 and 8
[BACK TO[100]] 41:1 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts side, the width of the tent
[BACK TO[101]] 41:2 That is, about 18 feet or about 5.3 meters
[BACK TO[102]] 41:2 That is, about 8 3/4 feet or about 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11 and 12
[BACK TO[103]] 41:2 That is, about 70 feet long and 35 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 11 meters wide
[BACK TO[104]] 41:3 That is, about 3 1/2 feet or about 1.1 meters; also in verse 22
[BACK TO[105]] 41:3 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.7 meters
[BACK TO[106]] 41:5 That is, about 7 feet or about 2.1 meters
[BACK TO[107]] 41:12 That is, about 123 feet or about 37 meters
[BACK TO[108]] 41:12 That is, about 158 feet or about 48 meters
[BACK TO[109]] 41:13 That is, about 175 feet or about 53 meters; also in verses 14 and 15
[BACK TO[110]] 41:22 That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters
[BACK TO[111]] 41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew long
[BACK TO[112]] 41:22 Septuagint; Hebrew length
Ezekiel 42
[BACK TO[113]] 42:2 That is, about 175 feet long and 88 feet wide or about 53 meters long and 27 meters wide
[BACK TO[114]] 42:3 That is, about 35 feet or about 11 meters
[BACK TO[115]] 42:4 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew and one cubit
[BACK TO[116]] 42:4 That is, about 18 feet wide and 175 feet long or about 5.3 meters wide and 53 meters long
[BACK TO[117]] 42:10 Septuagint; Hebrew Eastward
[BACK TO[118]] 42:13 Or purification offerings
[BACK TO[119]] 42:16 See Septuagint of verse 17; Hebrew rods; also in verses 18 and 19.
[BACK TO[120]] 42:16 Five hundred cubits equal about 875 feet or about 265 meters; also in verses 17, 18 and 19.
[BACK TO[121]] 42:17 Septuagint; Hebrew rods
Ezekiel 43
[BACK TO[122]] 43:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts I
[BACK TO[123]] 43:7 Or the memorial monuments; also in verse 9
[BACK TO[124]] 43:7 Or their high places
[BACK TO[125]] 43:11 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts regulations and its whole design
[BACK TO[126]] 43:13 That is, about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters; also in verses 14 and 17. The long cubit is the basic unit for linear measurement throughout Ezekiel 40–48.
[BACK TO[127]] 43:13 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
[BACK TO[128]] 43:14 That is, about 3 1/2 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 105 centimeters high and 53 centimeters wide
[BACK TO[129]] 43:14 That is, about 7 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 2.1 meters high and 53 centimeters wide
[BACK TO[130]] 43:16 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
[BACK TO[131]] 43:17 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
[BACK TO[132]] 43:17 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
[BACK TO[133]] 43:19 Or purification offering; also in verses 21, 22 and 25
Ezekiel 44
[BACK TO[134]] 44:27 Or purification offering; also in verse 29
[BACK TO[135]] 44:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD.
Ezekiel 45
[BACK TO[136]] 45:1 That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 3, 5 and 6
[BACK TO[137]] 45:1 Septuagint (see also verses 3 and 5 and 48:9); Hebrew 10,000
[BACK TO[138]] 45:1 That is, about 6 1/2 miles or about 11 kilometers
[BACK TO[139]] 45:2 That is, about 875 feet or about 265 meters
[BACK TO[140]] 45:2 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters
[BACK TO[141]] 45:3 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verse 5
[BACK TO[142]] 45:5 Septuagint; Hebrew temple; they will have as their possession 20 rooms
[BACK TO[143]] 45:6 That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers
[BACK TO[144]] 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
[BACK TO[145]] 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.
[BACK TO[146]] 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
[BACK TO[147]] 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.
[BACK TO[148]] 45:13 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
[BACK TO[149]] 45:13 That is, probably about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
[BACK TO[150]] 45:14 That is, about 2 1/2 quarts or about 2.2 liters
[BACK TO[151]] 45:17 Or purification offerings; also in verses 19, 22, 23 and 25
[BACK TO[152]] 45:24 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters
Ezekiel 46
[BACK TO[153]] 46:5 That is, probably about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms; also in verses 7 and 11
[BACK TO[154]] 46:5 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters; also in verses 7 and 11
[BACK TO[155]] 46:14 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
[BACK TO[156]] 46:14 That is, about 1 1/2 quarts or about 1.3 liters
[BACK TO[157]] 46:20 Or purification offering
[BACK TO[158]] 46:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
[BACK TO[159]] 46:22 That is, about 70 feet long and 53 feet wide or about 21 meters long and 16 meters wide
Ezekiel 47
[BACK TO[160]] 47:3 That is, about 1,700 feet or about 530 meters
[BACK TO[161]] 47:8 Or the Jordan Valley
Ezekiel 47
[BACK TO[162]] 47:15, 16 See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew road to go into Zedad, 16Hamath, Berothah.
[BACK TO[163]] 47:17 Hebrew Enon, a variant of Enan
[BACK TO[164]] 47:18 See Syriac; Hebrew Israel. You will measure to the Dead Sea.
Ezekiel 48
[BACK TO[165]] 48:8 That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21
[BACK TO[166]] 48:9 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18
[BACK TO[167]] 48:15 That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers
[BACK TO[168]] 48:16 That is, about 1 1/2 miles or about 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33 and 34
[BACK TO[169]] 48:17 That is, about 440 feet or about 135 meters
[BACK TO[170]] 48:35 That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers