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Ezekiel 8:9-11
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Ezekiel 8:9-11
New English Translation
9 He said to me, “Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.” 10 So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure[a] of creeping thing and beast—detestable images[b]—and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around.[c] 11 Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel[d] (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors[e] from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.
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- Ezekiel 8:10 tn Or “pattern.”
- Ezekiel 8:10 tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods.
- Ezekiel 8:10 sn These engravings were prohibited in the Mosaic law (Deut 4:16-18).
- Ezekiel 8:11 sn Note the contrast between these seventy men who represented Israel and the seventy elders who ate the covenant meal before God, inaugurating the covenant relationship (Exod 24:1, 9).
- Ezekiel 8:11 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
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