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Ezekiel 8:16
New English Translation
Ezekiel 8:16
New English Translation
16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there[a] at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar,[b] were about twenty-five[c] men with their backs to the Lord’s temple,[d] facing east—they were worshiping the sun[e] toward the east!
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- Ezekiel 8:16 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something.
- Ezekiel 8:16 sn The priests prayed to God between the porch and the altar on fast days (Joel 2:17). This is the location where Zechariah was murdered (Matt 23:35).
- Ezekiel 8:16 tc The LXX reads “twenty” instead of “twenty-five,” perhaps because of the association of the number twenty with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash. tn Or “exactly twenty-five.”
- Ezekiel 8:16 sn The temple faced east.
- Ezekiel 8:16 tn Or “the sun god.” sn The worship of astral entities may have begun during the reign of Manasseh (2 Kgs 21:5).
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