Discovery BoxEzekiel 2:1 
ContextEzekiel’s Commission
2:1 He said to me, “Son of man, 1 stand on your feet and I will speak with you.”
Ezekiel 40:14-15
Context40:14 He measured 2 the porch 3 at 105 feet 4 high; 5 the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard. 40:15 From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87½ feet. 6
Ezekiel 41:10
Context41:10 and the chambers of the court was 35 feet 7 in width all around the temple on every side.
Ezekiel 41:14
Context41:14 and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as 175 feet. 8
1 sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.
2 tn Heb “made.”
3 tc The MT reads “jambs” which does not make sense in context. Supposing a confusion of yod for vav, the text may be emended to read “porch.” See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:518.
4 tn Heb “sixty cubits” (i.e., 31.5 meters).
5 tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for sense.
6 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
7 tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).
8 tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters).
