Verse 2
Ezekiel 9:2
Free Bible Version
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I watched as six men approached from the upper gate that faces north. All of them were carrying battle axes. There was another man with them. He was dressed in linen and had a scribe's writing kit at his side. They entered and stood next to the bronze altar.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה שִׁשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֡ים בָּאִ֣ים מִ/דֶּרֶךְ שַׁ֨עַר הָ/עֶלְי֜וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָפְנֶ֣ה צָפ֗וֹנָ/ה וְ/אִ֨ישׁ כְּלִ֤י מַפָּצ/וֹ֙ בְּ/יָד֔/וֹ וְ/אִישׁ אֶחָ֤ד בְּ/תוֹכָ/ם֙ לָבֻ֣שׁ בַּדִּ֔ים וְ/קֶ֥סֶת הַ/סֹּפֵ֖ר בְּ/מָתְנָ֑י/ו וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ וַ/יַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל מִזְבַּ֥ח הַ/נְּחֹֽשֶׁת
English Translation
And behold, six men were coming from the direction of the upper gate that faces north, and each had a tool for slaughtering in his hand; and one man among them was clothed in linen and had a writer's inkhorn at his waist. And they came and stood beside the bronze altar.
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