Discovery BoxEzekiel 24:17 
Context24:17 Groan in silence for the dead, 1 but do not perform mourning rites. 2 Bind on your turban 3 and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip 4 and do not eat food brought by others.” 5
Ezekiel 40:24
Context40:24 Then he led me toward the south. I saw 6 a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others.
Ezekiel 40:29
Context40:29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet 7 and its width 43¾ feet. 8
Ezekiel 40:33
Context40:33 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet 9 and its width 43¾ feet. 10
1 tn Or “Groan silently. As to the dead….” Cf. M. Greenberg’s suggestion that דֹּם מֵתִים (dom metim) be taken together and דֹּם be derived from ָדּמַם (damam, “to moan, murmur”). See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:508.
2 tn Heb “(For) the dead mourning you shall not conduct.” In the Hebrew text the word translated “dead” is plural, indicating that mourning rites are in view. Such rites would involve outward demonstrations of one’s sorrow, including wailing and weeping.
3 sn The turban would normally be removed for mourning (Josh 7:6; 1 Sam 4:12).
4 sn Mourning rites included covering the lower part of the face. See Lev 13:45.
5 tn Heb “the bread of men.” The translation follows the suggestion accepted by M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 2:509) that this refers to a meal brought by comforters to the one mourning. Some repoint the consonantal text to read “the bread of despair” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:56), while others, with support from the Targum and Vulgate, emend the consonantal text to read “the bread of mourners” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:784).
6 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
7 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
8 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
9 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
10 tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).
