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Ezekiel 33:22-24
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22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me[a] the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord[b] opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived[c] in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was able to speak once more.[d] 23 The Lord’s message came to me: 24 “Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’[e]

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  1. Ezekiel 33:22 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.
  2. Ezekiel 33:22 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Ezekiel 33:22 tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.
  4. Ezekiel 33:22 sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).
  5. Ezekiel 33:24 sn Outside of its seven occurrences in Ezekiel the term translated “possession” appears only in Exod 6:8 and Deut 33:4.
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