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Ezekiel 4:8-10
International Standard Version
Ezekiel 4:8-10
International Standard Version
8 Look! I’ll tie you up[a] so that you’re unable to turn from one side to the other until you’ve completed your siege.”
Ezekiel’s Menu
9 “Furthermore, you are to take some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and mix them together in one container. Then you are to make bread from these grains sufficient to supply you through the time during which you’ll be sleeping on your side. You are to eat it for 390 days. 10 The food that you’ll be eating is to consist of portions weighing 20 shekels,[b] to be consumed daily at regular intervals.[c]
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- Ezekiel 4:8 Lit. I’ll set ropes on you.
- Ezekiel 4:10 I.e. about eight ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
- Ezekiel 4:10 Lit. it from time to time
Ezekiel 4:8-10
New International Version
Ezekiel 4:8-10
New International Version
8 I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.(A)
9 “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;(B) put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. 10 Weigh out twenty shekels[a](C) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
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