Ezekiel 9
Ezekiel 9 is the ninth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter, sub-titled "The Wicked Are Slain" in the New [King James Version], contains God's "judgment on the idolaters" who defiled the temple in Jerusalem. Ezekiel's vision of the defiled temple continues as far as.
Text
The original text was written in the Hebrew language. Chapters and [verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into] 11 verses.Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.
Verse 2
This "one man among them", clothed in linen like the "man clothed in linen" in, was an additional, seventh, person. The high priest's garments are of linen, but these linen garments "mark the man’s divine sanctity and eminence, not priestly rank".Verse 4
- "Mark" : interpreted as a "sign of exemption from judgment". The word "tāw" for "mark" is also for calling the last letter in Hebrew alphabet; in Paleo-Hebrew alphabet and Phoenician alphabet it was written "somewhat like the English X,". The Benedictine writer Bernard de Montfaucon noted that some ancient Samaritan coins have the letter "thau" on them in the form of a cross, as did the coins of the Maccabees. Gesenius wrote that the Arabic equivalent of this word refers to "a sign in the form of a cross branded on the thigh or neck of horses and camels".
Verse 6
- "On whom is the mark": gives a hint that some people will survive.
- "The elders": same as those in.
- "Mark": see notes on Ezekiel 9:4.
Verse 11
- "With linen" : refers to "white linen garments."
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