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 48:8
Context48:8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles 5 wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.
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 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
