Ezekiel 1:23

1:23 Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering ¹  its body.

Ezekiel 13:17

13:17 “As for you, son of man, turn toward ²  the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. ³  Prophesy against them

Ezekiel 20:46

20:46 “Son of man, turn toward ⁴  the south, ⁵  and speak out against the south. ⁶  Prophesy against the open scrub ⁷  land of the Negev,

Ezekiel 38:2

38:2 “Son of man, turn toward ⁸  Gog, ⁹  of the land of Magog, ¹⁰  the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. ¹¹  Prophesy against him

Ezekiel 42:7

42:7 As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87½ feet ¹²  long.

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¹ tc Heb “each had two wings covering and each had two wings covering,” a case of dittography. On the analogy of v. 11 and the support of the LXX, which reads the same for v. 11 and this verse, one should perhaps read “each had two wings touching another being and each had two wings covering.”

² tn Heb “set your face against.”

³ tn Heb “from their heart.”

⁴ tn Heb “set your face toward.” This expression occurs as well in Ezek 6:2; 13:17.

⁵ tn Or “the way toward the south,” or “the way toward Teman.” Teman is in the south and may be a location or the direction.

⁶ tn Or “toward Darom.” Darom may mean the south or a region just north of southern city of Beer Sheba. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:417-18.

⁷ tn The Hebrew term can also mean “forest,” but a meaning of uncultivated wasteland fits the Negev region far better. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:418.

⁸ tn Heb “set your face against.”

⁹ sn This may refer to a Lydian king in western Asia Minor in the seventh century b.c. Apart from Ezek 38-39, the only other biblical reference to this king/nation is in Rev 20:8. For a study of the names appearing in this verse, see E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

¹⁰ sn One of the sons of Japheth according to Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5.

¹¹ tn Heb “the prince, the chief of Meshech and Tubal.” Some translate “the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal,” but it is more likely that the Hebrew noun in question is a common noun in apposition to “prince,” rather than a proper name. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:434-35. As Block demonstrates, attempts by some popular writers to identify these proper names with later geographical sites in Russia are anachronistic. See as well E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier, 19-27.

sn Meshech and Tubal were two nations in Cappadocia of Asia Minor. They were also sons of Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5).

¹² tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).