Discovery BoxEzekiel 4:7 
Context4:7 You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 4:10
Context4:10 The food you eat will be eight ounces 1 a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed 2 times.
Ezekiel 44:26
Context44:26 After a priest 3 has become ceremonially clean, they 4 must count off a period of seven days for him.
Ezekiel 45:10
Context45:10 You must use just balances, 5 a just dry measure (an ephah), 6 and a just liquid measure (a bath). 7
1 sn Eight ounces (Heb “twenty shekels”). The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of grain about 230 grams here (8 ounces).
2 tn Heb “from time to time.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the priest) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tc One medieval Hebrew
5 sn Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Mic 6:10-12.
6 tn Heb “ephah,” which was 1/2 bushel.
7 tn Heb “bath,” a liquid measure, was 5 1/2 gallons.
