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Ezekiel 4:10
You will be allowed to use only 1 cup of that flour each day to make bread. You will eat that bread from time to time throughout the day.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.
The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.
Hebrew Names Version
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
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.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
English Standard Version
And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
New American Standard Bible
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
New Century Version
You will eat eight ounces of food every day at set times.
You will eat eight ounces of food every day at set times.
Amplified Bible
"The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.
"The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.
World English Bible
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the meate, whereof thou shalt eate, shalbe by weight, euen twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eate thereof.
And the meate, whereof thou shalt eate, shalbe by weight, euen twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eate thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
Legacy Standard Bible
And your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
And your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
Contemporary English Version
Eat only a small loaf of bread each day
Eat only a small loaf of bread each day
Complete Jewish Bible
Each day the food you eat must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time [during the day].
Each day the food you eat must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time [during the day].
Darby Translation
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
George Lamsa Translation
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
Good News Translation
You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day.
You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day.
Lexham English Bible
And your food that you will eat will be according to weight; twenty shekels for each day at fixed times you shall eat it.
And your food that you will eat will be according to weight; twenty shekels for each day at fixed times you shall eat it.
Literal Translation
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight: twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight: twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the meate that thou eatest, shall haue a certayne waight apoynted: Namely, twentie sycles euery daye. This apoynted meate shalt thou eate daylie, from the beginnynge to the ende.
And the meate that thou eatest, shall haue a certayne waight apoynted: Namely, twentie sycles euery daye. This apoynted meate shalt thou eate daylie, from the beginnynge to the ende.
American Standard Version
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Bible in Basic English
And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.
And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.
King James Version (1611)
And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed, [namely] twentie sicles euery day: & from time to time shalt thou eate therof.
And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed, [namely] twentie sicles euery day: & from time to time shalt thou eate therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.
English Revised Version
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiyte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it.
Forsothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiyte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it.
Update Bible Version
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
And thy food which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
New English Translation
The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.
The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.
New King James Version
And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
New Living Translation
Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.
Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.
New Life Bible
The food you eat each day will weigh as much as twenty pieces of silver, and will have to last until the next day.
The food you eat each day will weigh as much as twenty pieces of silver, and will have to last until the next day.
New Revised Standard
The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.
The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight twenty shekels a day, - from time to time, shalt thou eat it;
and thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight twenty shekels a day, - from time to time, shalt thou eat it;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.
Revised Standard Version
And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.
And the food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; once a day you shall eat it.
Young's Literal Translation
And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
Contextual Overview
9 "You must get some grain to make bread. Get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. Mix all these things together in one bowl and grind them to make flour. You will use this flour to make bread. You will eat only this bread during the 390 days that you lie on your side. 10 You will be allowed to use only 1 cup of that flour each day to make bread. You will eat that bread from time to time throughout the day. 11 You can drink only 3 cups of water each day. You can drink it from time to time throughout the day. 12 You must make your bread each day. You must get dry human dung and burn it. Then you must cook the bread over this burning dung. You must eat this bread in front of the people." 13 Then the Lord said, "This will show that the family of Israel will eat unclean bread in foreign countries and that I am the one who forced them to leave Israel and go to those countries!" 14 Then I said, "Oh, but Lord God , I have never eaten any unclean food. I have never eaten meat from an animal that died from a disease or from an animal that was killed by a wild animal. I have never eaten unclean meat—not from the time that I was a little baby until now. None of that bad meat ever entered my mouth." 15 Then God said to me, "Very well, I will let you use dry cow dung to cook your bread. You don't have to use dry human dung." 16 Then God said to me, "Son of man, I am destroying Jerusalem's supply of bread. People will have only a little bread to eat. They will be very worried about their food supply, and they will have only a little water to drink. Every time they take a drink, they will feel more afraid. 17 That is because there will not be enough food and water for everyone. They will be terrified as they watch each other wasting away because of their sins.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 14:13, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:51-68, Isaiah 3:1
Reciprocal: Revelation 6:5 - had
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"
Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.
Genesis 9:5
Also, I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any person or animal that takes a human life.
Also, I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any person or animal that takes a human life.
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "I have heard many times that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are very evil.
Then the Lord said, "I have heard many times that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are very evil.
Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptians hurt them. I know about their pain.
Then the Lord said, "I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptians hurt them. I know about their pain.
Numbers 35:33
"Don't let your land be polluted with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.
"Don't let your land be polluted with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.
Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "Son, you must honor the Lord , the God of Israel. Praise him and confess your sins to him. Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything from me."
Then Joshua said to Achan, "Son, you must honor the Lord , the God of Israel. Praise him and confess your sins to him. Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything from me."
2 Kings 9:26
The Lord said, ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons. And I, the Lord , am telling you that I will punish Ahab in this field.' So take Joram's body and throw it into the field, just as the Lord said."
The Lord said, ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons. And I, the Lord , am telling you that I will punish Ahab in this field.' So take Joram's body and throw it into the field, just as the Lord said."
Job 16:18
"Earth, don't hide the wrong things that were done to me. Don't let my begging for fairness be stopped.
"Earth, don't hide the wrong things that were done to me. Don't let my begging for fairness be stopped.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 i, 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.
i Antiqu. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
meat - A general term for food, which in this case consists of grain. Instead of measuring, it was necessary in extreme scarcity to weigh it Leviticus 26:26; Revelation 6:6.
Twenty shekels a day - The shekel contained about 220 grains, so that 20 shekels would be about 56 of a pound.
From time to time - Thou shalt receive and eat it at the appointed interval of a day.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 4:10. Twenty shekels a day — The whole of the above grain, being ground, was to be formed into one mass, out of which he was to make three hundred and ninety loaves; one loaf for each day; and this loaf was to be of twenty shekels in weight. Now a shekel, being in weight about half an ounce, this would be ten ounces of bread for each day; and with this water to the amount of one sixth part of a hin, which is about a pint and a half of our measure. All this shows that so reduced should provisions be during the siege, that they should be obliged to eat the meanest sort of aliment, and that by weight, and their water by measure; each man's allowance being scarcely a pint and a half, and ten ounces, a little more than half a pound of bread, for each day's support.
