Ezekiel 4:10

and thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight twenty shekels a day,— from time to time, shalt thou eat it;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Thou, therefore, take thee wheat and barley and peas and lentils and millet and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make them ready for thee as bread,—during the number of days which thou art lying on thy side. a hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat it;

11and water by measure, shalt thou drink the sixth part of a hin,-from time to time shalt thou drink;

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:26When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,—And ye shall eat and not be filled.

Isaiah 3:1For lo! the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, removing from Jerusalem and from Judah, The stay and staff,—The whole stay of bread, And the whole stay of water:

Ezekiel 12:18Son of man, Thy bread with trembling, shalt thou eat,— And, thy water in agitation and in fear, shalt thou drink.

Ezekiel 45:12and the shekel shall be twenty gerahs,—twenty shekels five and twenty shekels and fifteen shekels, the weight shall be to you.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 4:10-17

The Representation of a Famine. ( b. c. 595.) 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time… Read the whole commentary →

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