translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET translator note

text: Or “as much as he wishes.” Heb “a gift of his hand.”


text: Heb “a hin of oil.” A hin was about 1/16 of a bath. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:266, and O. R. Sellers, “Weights,” IDB 4:835 g.


text: The phrase “he will offer” is not in the Hebrew text but is warranted from the context.


text: Heb “with the lambs as his hand can reach.”


text: Heb “ephah.” The words “of grain” are supplied in the translation as a clarification.


text: Heb “he shall shut the gate after he goes out.”


label: NET textual note

text: A few Hebrew mss , the LXX, and the Vulgate read the verb as third person singular (referring to the prince), both here and later in the verse.


text: Two medieval Hebrew mss , the LXX, the Syriac, and the Vulgate read the verb as third person singular.


text: The Hebrew text has no preposition; the LXX reads “from” (see v. 17 ).


text: The word הִנֵּה ( hinneh , traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.


text: The meaning of the Hebrew term is unclear. The LXX and Syriac render “small.”


text: Heb “forty cubits” (i.e., 21 meters).


text: Heb “thirty cubits” (i.e., 15.75 meters).