Discovery BoxEzekiel 9:2 
Context9:2 Next, I noticed 1 six men 2 coming from the direction of the upper gate 3 which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit 4 at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.
Ezekiel 46:1
ContextThe Prince’s Offerings
46:1 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east 5 will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.
3 sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).
4 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.
5 sn The east gate of the outer court was permanently closed (Ezek 44:2).
