3You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.


In Context

1 You, son of man, take a sharp sword; You shall take it as a barber's razor to you, and shall cause it to pass on your head and on your beard: then take balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

2 A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

3 You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.

4 Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.

Ezekiel 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But take a few strands of hair and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3You shall also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.