Ezekiel 10:13

10:13 As for their wheels, they were called “the wheelwork”¹ as I listened.

Ezekiel 10:15

10:15 The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings² I saw at the Kebar River.

Ezekiel 27:13

27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

Ezekiel 27:23

27:23 Haran, Kanneh, Eden, merchants from Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad were your clients.

Ezekiel 28:13

28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God.³

Every precious stone was your covering,

the ruby, topaz, and emerald,

the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper,

the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl;⁴

your settings and mounts were made of gold.

On the day you were created they were prepared.

Ezekiel 34:5

34:5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast.⁵

Ezekiel 40:30

40:30 There were porches all around, 43¾ feet⁶ long and 8¾ feet⁷ wide.

¹tn Or “the whirling wheels.”

²tn Heb “it was the living creature.”

³sn The imagery of the lament appears to draw upon an extrabiblical Eden tradition about the expulsion of the first man (see v. 14 and the note there) from the garden due to his pride. The biblical Eden tradition speaks of cherubs placed as guardians at the garden entrance following the sin of Adam and Eve (Gen 3:24), but no guardian cherub like the one described in verse 14 is depicted or mentioned in the biblical account. Ezekiel’s imagery also appears to reflect Mesopotamian and Canaanite mythology at certain points. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:119-20.

⁴tn The exact identification of each gemstone is uncertain. The list should be compared to that of the priest in Exod 28:17-20, which lists twelve stones in rows of three. The LXX apparently imports the Exod 28 list. See reference to the types of stones in L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:91.

⁵tn As a case of dittography, the MT repeats “and they were scattered” at the end of the verse.

⁶tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

⁷tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).