Discovery BoxEzekiel 4:6 
Context4:6 “When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days 1 – I have assigned one day for each year.
Ezekiel 39:15
Context39:15 When the scouts survey 2 the land and see a human bone, they will place a sign by it, until those assigned to burial duty have buried it 3 in the valley of Hamon-Gog.
1 sn The number 40 may refer in general to the period of Judah’s exile using the number of years Israel was punished in the wilderness. In this case, however, one would need to translate, “you will bear the punishment of the house of Judah.”
2 tn Heb “as the scouts scout.”
3 tn That is, the aforementioned bone.
