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Ezekiel 24:17

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Groan in silence for the dead, 1  but do not perform mourning rites. 2  Bind on your turban 3  and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip 4  and do not eat food brought by others.” 5 

XREF

Le 10:6; Le 13:45; Le 21:10; 2Sa 15:30; Ps 37:7; Ps 39:9; Ps 46:10; Jer 16:4-7; Jer 16:7; Eze 24:22; Eze 24:23; Ho 9:4; Am 8:3; Mic 3:7; Hab 2:20

NET © Notes

tn Or “Groan silently. As to the dead….” Cf. M. Greenberg’s suggestion that דֹּם מֵתִים (dom metim) be taken together and דֹּם be derived from ָדּמַם (damam, “to moan, murmur”). See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:508.

tn Heb “(For) the dead mourning you shall not conduct.” In the Hebrew text the word translated “dead” is plural, indicating that mourning rites are in view. Such rites would involve outward demonstrations of one’s sorrow, including wailing and weeping.

sn The turban would normally be removed for mourning (Josh 7:6; 1 Sam 4:12).

sn Mourning rites included covering the lower part of the face. See Lev 13:45.

tn Heb “the bread of men.” The translation follows the suggestion accepted by M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 2:509) that this refers to a meal brought by comforters to the one mourning. Some repoint the consonantal text to read “the bread of despair” (see L. C. Allen, Ezekiel [WBC], 2:56), while others, with support from the Targum and Vulgate, emend the consonantal text to read “the bread of mourners” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:784).



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