Ezekiel 4:10 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 4:10

You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.

BSB

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ASV

And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

KJV

And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Twenty shekels a day - The whole of the above grain, being ground, was to be formed into one mass, out of which he was to make three hundred and ninety loaves; one loaf for each day; and this loaf was to be of twenty shekels in weight. Now a shekel, being in weight about half an ounce, this would be ten ounces of bread for each day; and with this water to the amount of one sixth part of a hin, which is about a pint and a half of our measure.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

By weight - Not as much as you will, but a small pittance delivered by weight to all. Twenty shekels - Ten ounces: scarce enough to maintain life. From time to time - At set hours this was weighed out.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙	u.ma.'a.kha.le.Kha	and food your	H3978 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ	to.kha.Le.nu	you will eat it	H398 →
בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל	be.mish.Kol	by weight	H4946 →
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים	'es.Rim	[will be] twenty	H6242 →
שֶׁ֖קֶל	She.kel	shekel[s]	H8255 →
לַיּ֑וֹם	lai.Yom	to the day	H3117 →
מֵעֵ֥ת	me.'Et	from time	H6256 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
עֵ֖ת	'et	time	H6256 →
תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃	to.kha.Le.nu	you will eat it	H398 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 3:1
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
leads to
- Leviticus 26:26
  When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
leads to
- Exodus 30:13
  Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:25
  Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- Numbers 3:47
  you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Through
Leviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
leads to
- Micah 6:14
  You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.
- Isaiah 3:1
  For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
- Psalms 105:16
  He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
Through
Ezekiel 14:13
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to…
leads to
- Ezekiel 4:16
  Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water…

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel