5:1 “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor. 1 Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. 2 Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.
1 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
2 tn Heb, “pass (it) over your head and your beard.”
3 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
4 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
5 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
6 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
7 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
8 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).