Discovery BoxEzekiel 40:2 
Context40:2 By means of divine visions 1 he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, 2 and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.
Ezekiel 41:7
Context41:7 The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; 3 for the structure 4 surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.
1 tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).
2 tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.
3 tc The Hebrew is difficult here. The Targum envisions a winding ramp or set of stairs, which entails reading the first word as a noun rather than a verb and reading the second word also not as a verb, supposing that an initial mem has been read as vav and nun. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:549.
4 tn The Hebrew term occurs only here in the OT.
