40:32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others.
42:15 Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.
44:1 Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut.
1 tn Heb “I will give it for a possession.”
2 tn Heb “the sons of Ammon” (twice in this verse).
3 tn Heb “the sons.”
4 tn The Hebrew text adds “the one threshold 10½ feet deep.” This is probably an accidental duplication of what precedes. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:517.
5 sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.
6 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
7 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
8 sn This same title appears in 8:4; 9:3; 10:19; and 11:22.
9 sn Earlier Ezekiel had observed God leaving the temple to the east (11:23).
10 sn See Ezek 1:24; Rev 1:15; 14:2; 19:6.
11 tn Heb “shone from.”