MANNAFEST

Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

KJV

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ASV

Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the caldron; make it boil well; yea, let the bones thereof be boiled in the midst of it.

WEB

Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’

YLT

The choice of the flock to take, And also to pile of the bones under it, Boil it thoroughly, yea, cook its bones in its midst.

DBT

take the choice of the flock; and also [put] a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.

About this book

Old Testament

EzekielThe exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Author
Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date
Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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