Ezekiel 12:12

12:12 “The prince 1  who is among them will raise his belongings 2  onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He 3  will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Ezekiel 20:39

20:39 “‘As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, 4  if you will not listen to me. 5  But my holy name will not be profaned 6  again by your sacrifices 7  and your idols.

Ezekiel 44:19

44:19 When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. 8 

Ezekiel 46:2

46:2 The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.

Ezekiel 46:12

46:12 When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. 9 

1 sn The prince is a reference to Zedekiah.

2 tn The words “his belongings” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

3 tc The MT reads “they”; the LXX and Syriac read “he.”

4 sn Compare the irony here to Amos 4:4 and Jer 44:25.

5 tn Heb “and after, if you will not listen to me.” The translation leaves out “and after” for smoothness. The text is difficult. M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 1:374) suggests that it may mean “but afterwards, if you will not listen to me…” with an unspoken threat.

6 sn A similar concept may be found in Lev 18:21; 20:3.

7 tn Or “gifts.”

8 sn For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14; Lev 10:1-2; 2 Sam 6:7. Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21.

9 tn Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”