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And you, son of man,[note: Or mortal," or "son of humankind"] take for yourself[note: Hebrew "you"] a sword, sharp [as] {a barber's razor}.[note: Literally "the razor of the barbers"] Take it for yourself, and you must cause [it] to pass over your head and over your beard, and you must take for yourself a set of scales for weighing, and you must divide them.[note: That is, the hairs]
A third you must burn with fire in the midst[note: Or "middle"] of the city at {the completion}[note: Literally "the completing"] of the days of the siege, and you must take a third, and you must strike [it] with the sword around it, and a third you must scatter to the wind, and I will draw a sword behind them.