Daily Verse Ezekiel 40:4 | Daily verse by Faithlife

[SC Facilitator]

 

[Lori Jane]

Since leaving Watchtower and studying the Bible deeply I am struck daily about all the tid bits I've learned in the past 3 years compared to the previous 30 years. One of them was reading this verse and the term "son of man"...

Did you know that designation was Jesus favorite way to refer to himself? It means:

• "mortal" or
• "human" or
• "son of Adam"
• "son of humankind"

I share some more from my commentaries below...

 

[Lori Jane]

40:1–4 Ezekiel revisits Israel in a vision as in Ezek 8:1. The earlier vision showed Ezekiel how the temple had been defiled. This vision brings him to a future temple where the sanctity of Yahweh’s dwelling is perfectly maintained.

John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Eze 40:1–4.

40:4 Son of man The man uses the same form of address that Yahweh uses for Ezekiel throughout the book (see note on Ezek 2:1).

to the house of Israel Ezekiel’s participation in observing the temple, recording the measurements and regulations, and reporting them to Israel affirms him as a law-giving prophet like Moses (see Exod 19–40).


John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Eze 40:4.

2:1 Son of man The Hebrew word used here, ben-adam, also could be understood as “son of Adam.” Yahweh uses this term to address Ezekiel 93 times in this book (for comparison, it appears only six more times in the OT). Yahweh never refers to Ezekiel by name.

John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Eze 2:1.

Notes for 2:1

1 sn The phrase son of man occurs ninety-three times in the book of Ezekiel. It simply means “human one,” and distinguishes the prophet from the nonhuman beings that are present in the world of his vision.

Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition Notes (Biblical Studies Press, 2006), Eze 2:1.