Ezekiel 8:14

8:14 Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord’s house. I noticed ¹  women sitting there weeping for Tammuz. ² 

Ezekiel 16:46

16:46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north ³  of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south ⁴  of you, was Sodom ⁵  with her daughters.

Ezekiel 40:23

40:23 Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at 175 feet. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 42:4

42:4 In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17½ feet ⁷  wide at a distance of 1¾ feet, ⁸  and their entrances were on the north.

Ezekiel 47:15

47:15 “This will be the border of the land: ⁹  On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;

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¹ tn Given the context this could be understood as a shock, e.g., idiomatically “Good grief! I saw….”

² sn The worship of Tammuz included the observation of the annual death and descent into the netherworld of the god Dumuzi. The practice was observed by women in the ancient Near East over a period of centuries.

³ tn Heb “left.”

⁴ tn Heb “right.”

⁵ sn Sodom was the epitome of evil (Deut 29:23; 32:32; Isa 1:9-10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Lam 4:6; Matt 10:15; 11:23-24; Jude 7).

⁶ tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

⁸ tc Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm). The LXX and the Syriac read “one hundred cubits” (= 175 feet).

⁹ sn The measurements resemble those in Num 34:1-2.