Ezekiel 10:11

10:11 When they ¹  moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow ²  without turning as they moved,

Ezekiel 16:31

16:31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. ³ 

Ezekiel 21:21

21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork ⁴  in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: ⁵  He shakes arrows, he consults idols, ⁶  he examines ⁷  animal livers. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 42:12

42:12 were the chambers ⁹  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.

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¹ sn That is, the cherubim.

² tn Many interpreters assume that the human face of each cherub was the one that looked forward.

³ tn The Hebrew term, which also occurs in vv. 34 and 41 of this chapter, always refers to the payment of a prostitute (Deut 23:19; Isa 23:17; Hos 9:1; Mic 1:7).

⁴ tn Heb “mother.”

⁵ sn Mesopotamian kings believed that the gods revealed the future through omens. They employed various divination techniques, some of which are included in the list that follows. A particularly popular technique was the examination and interpretation of the livers of animals. See R. R. Wilson, Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel, 90-110.

⁶ tn This word refers to personal idols that were apparently used for divination purposes (Gen 31:19; 1 Sam 19:13, 16).

⁷ tn Heb “sees.”

⁸ tn Heb “the liver.”

⁹ tc The MT apparently evidences dittography, repeating most of the last word of the previous verse: “and like the openings of.”