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from day to day you shall eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thy meat which thou shalt eat <i>shall be</i> by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And your food which you eat <i>shall be</i> by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your food which you eat <i>shall be</i> twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And your food which you eat <i>shall be</i> twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And your food which you eat <i>shall be</i> twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The food you eat each day <i>shall be</i> [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The food you eat each day will be eight ounces by weight; you will eat it from time to time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Eat only a small loaf of bread each day <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The food that you eat should be weighed. Eat eight ounces of food every day at set times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will be allowed eight ounces of bread a day, and it will have to last until the next day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The food that you'll be eating is to consist of portions weighing 20 shekels, to be consumed daily at regular intervals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And your food that you eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time you eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And thy food that thou dost eat is by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />An thy food which thou shalt eat by weight, twenty shekels for a day: from time even to time shalt thou eat it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But your food, which you will eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day. You shall eat it from time to time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The food you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; each day you shall eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The food that you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at fixed times you shall eat it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And your food shall be twenty shekels weight in a day, from time to time<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=802" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">The Defiled Bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9</span>But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4946.htm" title="4946: bə·miš·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Heaviness, weight. From shaqal; weight.">You are to weigh out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8255.htm" title="8255: še·qel (N-ms) -- (a measure of weight) shekel. From shaqal; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard.">shekels</a> <a href="/hebrew/3978.htm" title="3978: ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Food. From 'akal; an eatable.">of food</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵă·len·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: lay·yō·wm (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">each day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵă·len·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and you are to eat it</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: mê·‘êṯ (Prep-m:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">at set times.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ‘êṯ (N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc."></a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a></span><br />When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-6.htm">Revelation 6:6</a></span><br />And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-12.htm">1 Kings 17:12</a></span><br />But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Isaiah 3:1</a></span><br />For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lamentations 4:9-10</a></span><br />Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. / The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">Matthew 6:11</a></span><br />Give us this day our daily bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-3.htm">Luke 11:3</a></span><br />Give us each day our daily bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">Exodus 16:16</a></span><br />This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm">2 Kings 25:3</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Jeremiah 14:18</a></span><br />If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">Lamentations 5:10</a></span><br />Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-46.htm">Acts 2:46</a></span><br />With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And your meat which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Ezekiel 4:16</a></b></br> Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Ezekiel 14:13</a></b></br> Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a></b></br> <i>And</i> when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver <i>you</i> your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/52-34.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-2.htm">Food</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Once</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-34.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-9.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-26.htm">Times</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-28.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Weigh</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/30-16.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-3.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-11.htm">Once</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-11.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-12.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-11.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-11.htm">Times</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-16.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Weigh</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day</b><br>In this passage, the prophet Ezekiel is instructed to measure out a specific amount of food, symbolizing the scarcity and rationing that would occur during the siege of Jerusalem. Twenty shekels is approximately eight ounces, indicating a meager daily allowance. This reflects the dire conditions of famine and deprivation that the inhabitants of Jerusalem would face. The act of weighing the food emphasizes the precision and severity of the judgment. In the broader biblical context, this rationing is reminiscent of the curses for disobedience outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>, where bread would be rationed by weight. The use of shekels, a unit of weight, also connects to the economic aspects of the siege, where resources would become scarce and precious.<p><b>and you are to eat it at set times</b><br>The instruction to eat at set times further underscores the discipline and control imposed during the siege. This regimented eating schedule highlights the lack of freedom and the constant reminder of the city's dire situation. It also serves as a prophetic sign to the people of Israel, illustrating the consequences of their rebellion against God. The set times for eating may also reflect the structured nature of God's judgment, as well as His sovereignty over the events unfolding. In a broader theological sense, this can be seen as a type of Christ, who provides spiritual sustenance at appointed times, as seen in the feeding of the 5,000 (<a href="/matthew/14-13.htm">Matthew 14:13-21</a>), where Jesus provides for the needs of the people in an orderly manner.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. Known for his symbolic actions and visions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The place of exile for the Israelites, representing a period of judgment and reflection for the nation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city under siege, symbolized by Ezekiel's actions, representing the spiritual and physical state of the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/siege_of_jerusalem.htm">Siege of Jerusalem</a></b><br>A significant event where the city was besieged by Babylon, leading to its eventual fall and the exile of its people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/symbolic_actions.htm">Symbolic Actions</a></b><br>Ezekiel's actions, including the rationing of food, symbolized the dire conditions and judgment upon Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_scarcity.htm">Symbolism of Scarcity</a></b><br>Ezekiel's rationing of food symbolizes the severe conditions during the siege of Jerusalem. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The limited food portions highlight the need for reliance on God for sustenance, both physically and spiritually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_judgment.htm">Obedience and Judgment</a></b><br>The actions of Ezekiel illustrate the importance of obedience to God's commands and the reality of His judgment when His people stray.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_discipline.htm">Spiritual Discipline</a></b><br>Just as Ezekiel adhered to strict food portions, believers are called to practice spiritual discipline, focusing on God's provision and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the dire symbolism, God's ultimate plan includes restoration and hope for His people, encouraging believers to trust in His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_ezekiel's_'siege_bread'_real.htm">Ezekiel 4:9-12: Is there any historical evidence that this specific type of 'siege bread' was actually made and consumed in ancient times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_debate_timing_in_micah_4_10.htm">If Micah 4:10 implies Babylonian captivity, why is there debate among scholars about the historical timing and references to Assyria in nearby verses?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_lamentations_4_10_literal_or_hyperbole.htm">(Lamentations 4:10) Is the claim that mothers cooked their children historically accurate or a hyperbolic contradiction of a loving God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_extrabiblical_reaction_to_ezekiel_12.htm">If God intended Ezekiel's symbolic actions in Ezekiel 12:6-7 to be a warning for all, why is there no extrabiblical evidence of widespread awareness or reaction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">By weight, twenty shekels a day.</span>--The weight of the shekel is somewhat differently estimated by different authorities. The best computations fix it at about 220 grains, and this would make the allowance of twenty shekels equal to something less than eleven ounces, scarcely enough to sustain life. "Meat" is here used, as often in Scripture, of any kind of food. The extreme scarcity of food is also denoted by its being weighed rather than measured. "From time to time" means at set intervals of time (see <a href="/1_chronicles/9-25.htm" title="And their brothers, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.">1Chronicles 9:25</a>), here doubtless once a day. Only the longer period of 390 days is here mentioned, but the same command doubtless applied to both periods.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thy meat</span>, etc.; better, <span class="accented">food</span>, here and elsewhere. Coarse as the food was, the people would have but scanty rations of it. Men were not, as usual, to measure the corn, but to weigh the bread (<a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>). Taking the shekel at about 220 grains, the twenty shekels would be about 10 or 12 ounces. The common allowance in England for prison or pauper dietaries gives, I believe from 24 to 32 ounces, Besides other food. And this was to be taken, not as hunger prompted, but at the appointed hour. once a day. The whole scene of the people of the besieged city coming for their daily rations is brought vividly before us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to weigh out</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·miš·qō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4946.htm">Strong's 4946: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaviness, weight</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twenty</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shekels</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֖קֶל</span> <span class="translit">(še·qel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8255.htm">Strong's 8255: </a> </span><span class="str2">A weight, a commercial standard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of food</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3978.htm">Strong's 3978: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eatable</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḵă·len·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each day,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיּ֑וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(lay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and you are to eat it</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḵă·len·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at set times.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/4-10.htm">Ezekiel 4:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/4-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 4:10 Your food which you shall eat shall (Ezek. 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