Ezekiel 10

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Ezekiel 10
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Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew.
BookBook of Ezekiel
Hebrew Bible partNevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part7
CategoryLatter Prophets
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part26

Ezekiel 10 is the tenth chapter of the

prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.[1][2] In this chapter, Ezekiel sees "God's Glory depart from the Temple".[3][4]

Text

The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 22 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).[5] Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, 4Q73 (4QEzeka; 50–25 BCE) with extant verses 5–22.[6][7][8][9]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[10][a]

Verse 1

I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the
cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne".[12]

The sapphire stone is said to be like a throne of lapis lazuli in the New International Version.

Verse 4

Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub,
and stood over the threshold of the house;
and the house was filled with the cloud,
and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory.[13]
  • "Cherub" (Hebrew: כרוב kə-rūḇ; plural: Cherubim): in Brown-Driver-Briggs is defined as "the living chariot of the theophanic God."[14] Gesenius describes it as "a being of a sublime and celestial nature."[15] Same as in Ezekiel 1:5–14.[16]

Verse 15

And the cherubims were lifted up.
This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.[17]

Verse 20

This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar;
and I knew that they were the cherubims.[18]

Verse 22

And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar,
their appearance and their persons.
They each went straight forward. (NKJV)[19]
  • "River Chebar": is generally identified as the "Kebar Canal", near Nippur in what is now Iraq. It was part of a complex network of irrigation and transport canals which also included the Shatt el-Nil, a silted up canal toward the east of Babylon.[20][21]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ezekiel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.[11]

References

  1. ^ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
  2. ^ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
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  4. ^ Chapter heading in the New International Version (NIV).
  5. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  6. ^ Ulrich 2010, pp. 587–588.
  7. ^ Dead sea scrolls - Ezekiel
  8. . Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  9. ^ 4Q73 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
  10. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
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  12. NKJV
  13. KJV
  14. . "כְּרוּב".
  15. ^ Gesenius, H. W. F. Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures: Numerically Coded to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, with an English Index. Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (Translator). Baker Book House; 7th edition. 1979. כְּרוּב
  16. ^ Ezekiel 10:15
  17. ^ Ezekiel 10:20
  18. ^ Ezekiel 10:22
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