Ezekiel 8:1

A Desecrated Temple

8:1 In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, ¹  as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand ²  of the sovereign Lord seized me. ³ 

Ezekiel 9:6

9:6 Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women – wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

Ezekiel 16:41

16:41 They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 20:1

Israel’s Rebellion

20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, ⁵  some of the elders ⁶  of Israel came to seek ⁷  the Lord, and they sat down in front of me.

Ezekiel 33:31

33:31 They come to you in crowds, ⁸  and they sit in front of you as ⁹  my people. They hear your words, but do not obey ¹⁰  them. For they talk lustfully, ¹¹  and their heart is set on ¹²  their own advantage. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 40:19

40:19 Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet ¹⁴  on the east and on the north.

Ezekiel 40:22

40:22 Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them.

Ezekiel 41:25

41:25 On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy ¹⁵  of wood on the front of the outside porch.

Ezekiel 42:11-12

42:11 with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances 42:12 were the chambers ¹⁶  which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters.

Ezekiel 44:4

44:4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed ¹⁷  the glory of the Lord filling the Lord’s temple, and I threw myself face down.

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¹ tc The LXX reads “In the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth of the month.”

sn In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month would be September 17, 592 b.c., about fourteen months after the initial vision.

² tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

³ tn Heb “fell upon me there,” that is, God’s influence came over him.

⁴ tn The words “to your clients” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied.

⁵ sn The date would be August 14th, 591 b.c. The seventh year is the seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile.

⁶ tn Heb “men from the elders.”

⁷ tn See the note at 14:3.

⁸ tn Heb “as people come.” Apparently this is an idiom indicating that they come in crowds. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:264.

⁹ tn The word “as” is supplied in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Heb “do.”

¹¹ tn Heb “They do lust with their mouths.”

¹² tn Heb “goes after.”

¹³ tn The present translation understands the term often used for “unjust gain” in a wider sense, following M. Greenberg, who also notes that the LXX uses a term which can describe either sexual or ritual pollution. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:687.

¹⁴ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

¹⁵ tn Or “railings.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:218.

¹⁶ tc The MT apparently evidences dittography, repeating most of the last word of the previous verse: “and like the openings of.”

¹⁷ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.