Discovery BoxEzekiel 4:1 
Context4:1 “And you, son of man, take a brick 1 and set it in front of you. Inscribe 2 a city on it – Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 23:40
Context23:40 “They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. 3 For them you bathed, 4 painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.
Ezekiel 24:11
Context24:11 Set the empty pot on the coals, 5
until it becomes hot and its copper glows,
until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot 6 is consumed.
Ezekiel 34:23
Context34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. 7 He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
Ezekiel 45:2
Context45:2 Of this area a square 875 feet 8 by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet 9 set aside for its open space round about.
Ezekiel 48:9
Context48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles 10 in length and three and one-third miles 11 in width.
Ezekiel 48:14
Context48:14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart 12 to the Lord.
Ezekiel 48:20
Context48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles 13 square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.
1 sn Ancient Near Eastern bricks were 10 to 24 inches long and 6 to 13 1/2 inches wide.
2 tn Or perhaps “draw.”
3 tn Heb “to whom a messenger was sent, and look, they came.” Foreign alliances are in view here.
4 tn The Hebrew verb form is feminine singular, indicating that Oholibah (Judah) is specifically addressed here. This address continues through verse 42a (note “her”), but then both sisters are described in verse 42b, where the feminine pronouns are again plural.
5 tn Heb “set it upon its coals, empty.”
6 tn Or “rust” (so also in v. 12).
7 sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).
8 tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters); the phrase occurs twice in this verse.
9 tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
10 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
11 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
12 tn Or “holy.”
13 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
