Ezekiel 4:13 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 4:13

Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

BSB

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ASV

And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.

KJV

And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The ceremonial ordinances in relation to food were intended to keep the nation free from idolatrous usages; everywhere among the pagan idol feasts formed a leading part in their religious services, and idol meats were partaken of in common life. Dispersion among the Gentiles must have exposed the Jews to much which they regarded as common and unclean. In Ezekiel’s case there was a mitigation Eze 4:15 of the defilement, but still legal defilement remained, and the chosen people in exile were subjected to it as to a degradation.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
כָּ֣כָה	Ka.khah	thus	H3602 →
יֹאכְל֧וּ	yo.khe.Lu	they will eat	H398 →
בְנֵֽי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
לַחְמָ֖ם	lach.Mam	bread their	H3899 →
טָמֵ֑א	ta.Me'	unclean	H2931 →
בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם	ba.go.Yim	among the nations	H1471 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	where	H834 →
אַדִּיחֵ֖ם	'a.di.Chem	I will banish them	H5080 →
שָֽׁם׃	Sham	there	H8033 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Daniel 1:8
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
leads to
- Psalms 141:4
  Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
- Leviticus 11:45–47
  For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
- Ezekiel 4:13–14
  Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:18–21
  Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
- 1 Corinthians 7:37
  But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

About Ezekiel

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

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