Ezekiel 2:1

Ezekiel’s Commission

2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, ¹  stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”

Ezekiel 40:14-15

40:14 He measured ²  the porch ³  at 105 feet ⁴  high; ⁵  the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard. 40:15 From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 41:10

41:10 and the chambers of the court was 35 feet ⁷  in width all around the temple on every side.

Ezekiel 41:14

41:14 and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet. ⁸ 

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¹ sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.

² tn Heb “made.”

³ tc The MT reads “jambs” which does not make sense in context. Supposing a confusion of yod for vav, the text may be emended to read “porch.” See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:518.

⁴ tn Heb “sixty cubits” (i.e., 31.5 meters).

⁵ tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for sense.

⁶ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

⁸ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).