Ezekiel 4:8-10

New International Version

⁸I 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. ¹⁰Weigh out twenty shekels^[a]^(C) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

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Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams

Ezekiel 4:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸And behold, ^(A)I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed ^(B)the days of your siege.

⁹“And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer,^[a] and put them into a single vessel and make your ^(C)bread from them. ^(D)During the number of days that you lie on your side, ^(E)390 days, you shall eat it. ¹⁰And your food that you eat shall be ^(F)by weight, ^(G)twenty shekels^[b] a day; from day to day^[c] you shall eat it.

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Ezekiel 4:9 A type of wheat
Ezekiel 4:10 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Ezekiel 4:10 Or at a set time daily; also verse 11

Ezekiel 4:8-10

New American Standard Bible

⁸Now behold, I will ^(A)put ropes ^[a]around you so that you cannot turn from your one side to your other until you have completed the days of your siege.

Defiled Bread

⁹“But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and ^(B)spelt, and put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, 390 days. ¹⁰Your food which you eat shall be ^(C)twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.

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