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Ezekiel 4:12 Cross-References
Explore 2 cross-references for Ezekiel 4:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.”
Ezekiel 4:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezekiel 4:12
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. This command reaches the sign-act's most shocking and repulsive element—Ezekiel must bake his rationed bread using human excrement as fuel, performing this defilement publicly ("in their sight," le'einehem, לְעֵינֵיהֶם). Normally, dried animal dung served as common fuel in the ancient Near East where wood was scarce. But human waste was ritually unclean (Deuteronomy 23:12-14), making its use for cooking bread deeply defiling."Barley cakes" (ugat se'orim, עֻגַת שְׂעֹרִים) were flat br...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezekiel 4:12
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“Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
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