Ezekiel 4:10

10 Weigh out twenty shekels^[a] of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

Ezekiel 4:10 in Other Translations

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

10 And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.

10 Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.

10 Measure out about half a pound for each day and eat it on schedule.

10 The food you eat each day will be eight ounces by weight; you will eat it from time to time.

Ezekiel 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 4:10

And thy meat which thou shall eat [shall be] by weight, twenty
shekels a day
To eat bread by weight was a sign of a grievous famine; see ( Leviticus 26:26 ) ; a shekel, according to Josephus ^F9, weighed four Attic drachms, or half an ounce, wherefore twenty shekels weighed ten ounces; so that the bread the prophet had to eat was but ten ounces a day: from time to time shall thou eat it;
at the certain time of eating, or but once a day; from a set time in one day to the same in another; as from morning to morning, or from noon to noon, or from evening to evening; see ( Jeremiah 37:21 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 2.

Ezekiel 4:10 In-Context

8 I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.

9 “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.

10 Weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin of water and drink it at set times.

12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.”

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 30:13

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams