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10 And your food that you will eat[a] will be according to weight; twenty shekels for each day at fixed times[b] you shall eat it. 11 And an amount of water[c] you shall drink, a sixth of a hin; at fixed times[d] you shall drink it. 12 And as a bread-cake of barley you shall eat it, and with human excrement[e] you shall bake it before their eyes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:10 Hebrew “will eat it”
  2. Ezekiel 4:10 Literally “from time to time”
  3. Ezekiel 4:11 Literally “water by amount”
  4. Ezekiel 4:11 Literally “from time to time”
  5. Ezekiel 4:12 Literally “with human dung of the excrement of the human”

10 Weigh out twenty shekels[a](A) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times. 11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[b] of water and drink it at set times.(B) 12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(C) for fuel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
  2. Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter