Discovery BoxEzekiel 9:11 
Context9:11 Next I noticed the man dressed in linen with the writing kit at his side bringing back word: “I have done just as you commanded me.”
Ezekiel 9:3
Context9:3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub where it had rested to the threshold of the temple. 1 He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
Ezekiel 9:2
Context9:2 Next, I noticed 2 six men 3 coming from the direction of the upper gate 4 which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit 5 at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
3 sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.
4 sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).
5 tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword.
