¹tn This was April 19, 573 b.c.

²tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

³tn Reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

⁴tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”

⁵tn Heb “house.”

⁶tn Heb a measuring rod of six cubits, [each] a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Therefore the measuring rod in the man’s hand was 10.5 feet (3.15 meters) long. Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.

⁷tn Heb “building.”

⁸tn Heb “one rod [or, “reed”]” (also a second time in this verse, twice in v. 6, three times in v. 7, and once in v. 8).

⁹tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters) according to the “long” cubit. See the note on the first occurrence of the phrase “ten and a half feet” in v. 5.

¹⁰tn Heb “eight cubits” (i.e., 4.2 meters).

¹¹tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

¹²sn The three alcoves are parallel to the city-gates found at Megiddo, Hazor, and Gezer.

¹³tn Heb “ten cubits” (i.e., 5.25 meters).

¹⁴tn Heb “thirteen cubits” (i.e., 6.825 meters).

¹⁵tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹⁶tn Heb “six cubits” (i.e., 3.15 meters).

¹⁷tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

¹⁸tn Heb “made.”

¹⁹tn Heb “sixty cubits” (i.e., 31.5 meters).

²⁰tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for sense.

²¹tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters)

²²sn Palm trees were also a part of Solomon’s temple (1 Kgs 6:29, 32, 35).

²³tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters)

²⁴tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters)

²⁵tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

²⁶tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters)

²⁷tn Heb “as these windows.”

²⁸tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters)

²⁹tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

³⁰tn Heb “one hundred cubits” (i.e., 52.5 meters)

³¹tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters)

³²tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

³³tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

³⁴tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

³⁵tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

³⁶tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

³⁷tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters)

³⁸tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

³⁹tc The LXX reads “porches.”

⁴⁰tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

⁴¹tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

⁴²tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

⁴³tc This reading is supported by the Aramaic Targum.

⁴⁴tn Heb “one handbreadth” (7.5 cm).

⁴⁵tn “One” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied for the translation.

⁴⁶tn Heb “one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide” (i.e., 52.5 meters by 52.5 meters).

⁴⁷tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

⁴⁸tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

⁴⁹tn Heb “twenty cubits” (i.e., 10.5 meters).

⁵⁰tn Heb “eleven cubits” (i.e., 5.775 meters).

⁵¹tc The LXX reads “ten steps.”