Reading for December 23rd

Read Ezekiel 4.9-17. Ezekiel uses a variety of grains to demonstrate that there is insuffient grain to make an entire loaf. Twenty shekels: about ten ounces. One-sixth of a hin: About two-thirds of a quart. In order to demonstrate the difficult conditions of the coming siege, God command Ezekiel to bake bread using human dung as fuel. When he protests that this is a breach of priestly purity, God allows him to use cow's dung. In verses 16-17: see Isa 3.1. Comments or Questions..