Ezekiel 13

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Book of Ezekiel 30:13–18 in an English manuscript from the early 13th century, MS. Bodl. Or. 62, fol. 59a. A Latin translation appears in the margins with further interlineations above the Hebrew.
Book Book of Ezekiel
Hebrew Bible part Nevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part7
Category Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part Old Testament
Order in the Christian part26

Ezekiel 13 is the thirteenth 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 contains rebukes against "a variety of false prophets", [1] Ezekiel 13:1-16, and false prophetesses, Ezekiel 13:17-23.

Contents

Text

The original text of this chapter is written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 23 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 (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). [2]

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 (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). [3] [lower-alpha 1]

Verse 18

King James Version:

And say, Thus saith the Lord God;
Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes,
and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls!
Will ye hunt the souls of my people,
and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? [5]

Verse 19

And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
to slay the souls that should not die,
and to save the souls alive that should not live,
by your lying to my people that hear your lies? [9]

See also

Notes

  1. Ezekiel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus. [4]

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References

  1. Galambush, Julie (2007), 25. Ezekiel in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary Archived 2017-11-22 at the Wayback Machine , p. 543
  2. Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  3. Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
  4. Shepherd, Michael (2018). A Commentary on the Book of the Twelve: The Minor Prophets. Kregel Exegetical Library. Kregel Academic. p. 13. ISBN   978-0825444593.
  5. Ezekiel 13:18
  6. Bromiley 1995, p. 967.
  7. Brown, Briggs & Driver 1994 "מִסְפָּחוֹת"
  8. Gesenius 1979 "מִסְפָּחוֹת"
  9. Ezekiel 13:19
  10. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1196-1197 Hebrew Bible. ISBN   978-0195288810

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