10 And your food that you eat shall be (A)by weight, (B)twenty shekels[a] a day; from day to day[b] you shall eat it.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:10 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  2. Ezekiel 4:10 Or at a set time daily; also verse 11

10 Weigh out twenty shekels[a](A) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams

11 And water you shall drink (A)by measure, the sixth part of a hin;[a] from day to day you shall drink.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:11 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters

11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[a] of water and drink it at set times.(A)

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  1. Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter

16 Moreover, he said to me, (A)“Son of man, behold, (B)I will break the supply[a] of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread (C)by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water (D)by measure and in dismay.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:16 Hebrew staff

16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(A) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(B)

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17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and (A)look at one another in dismay, and (B)rot away because of their punishment.

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17 for food and water will be scarce.(A) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[a] their sin.(B)

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  1. Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in