translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: Ancient Near Eastern bricks were 10 to 24 inches long and 6 to 13 1/2 inches wide.


text: The number 40 may refer in general to the period of Judah’s exile using the number of years Israel was punished in the wilderness. In this case, however, one would need to translate, “you will bear the punishment of the house of Judah.”


text: The action surely refers to a series of daily acts rather than to a continuous period.


text: Wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt . All these foods were common in Mesopotamia where Ezekiel was exiled.


text: Eight ounces ( Heb “twenty shekels”). The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of grain about 230 grams here (8 ounces).


text: A pint and a half [ Heb “one-sixth of a hin”]. One-sixth of a hin was a quantity of liquid equal to about 1.3 pints or 0.6 liters.


text: Human waste was to remain outside the camp of the Israelites according to Deut 23:15 .


text: Unclean food among the nations . Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean ( Josh 22:19 ; Amos 7:17 ).