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Ezekiel 10:11

Context
10:11 When they 1  moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow 2  without turning as they moved,

Ezekiel 16:31

Context
16:31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. 3 

Ezekiel 21:21

Context
21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork 4  in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: 5  He shakes arrows, he consults idols, 6  he examines 7  animal livers. 8 

Ezekiel 42:12

Context
42:12 were the chambers 9  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.

1 sn That is, the cherubim.

2 tn Many interpreters assume that the human face of each cherub was the one that looked forward.

3 tn The Hebrew term, which also occurs in vv. 34 and 41 of this chapter, always refers to the payment of a prostitute (Deut 23:19; Isa 23:17; Hos 9:1; Mic 1:7).

4 tn Heb “mother.”

5 sn Mesopotamian kings believed that the gods revealed the future through omens. They employed various divination techniques, some of which are included in the list that follows. A particularly popular technique was the examination and interpretation of the livers of animals. See R. R. Wilson, Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel, 90-110.

6 tn This word refers to personal idols that were apparently used for divination purposes (Gen 31:19; 1 Sam 19:13, 16).

7 tn Heb “sees.”

8 tn Heb “the liver.”

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



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