Ezekiel 4:13

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¹³The Lord said, “This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids,^g when I scatter them to foreign countries.”

gfood which the law forbids: The Law of Moses prohibited the eating of certain foods as being ritually unclean (see Lev 11).

And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”

The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”

The Lord said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their bread—ceremonially unclean—among the nations where I will banish them.”

Then the Lord said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!”

And Yahweh said, “Thus shall the Israelites eat their unclean food among the nations where I will scatter them.”

And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

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