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Of this, a square plot of five hundred by five hundred cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for an open space around it.

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Of this, a section 500 cubits[a] square(A) is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[b] around it for open land.

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  1. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 875 feet or about 265 meters
  2. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters

16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed. 17 Then he turned and measured[a] the north side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed. 18 Then he turned and measured[b] the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed. 20 He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to make a separation between the holy and the common.(A)

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  1. 42.17 Gk: Heb measuring reed all around. He measured
  2. 42.18 Gk: Heb measuring reed all around. He measured

16 He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.[a][b] 17 He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits[c] by the measuring rod. 18 He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 19 Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod. 20 So he measured(A) the area(B) on all four sides. It had a wall around it,(C) five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide,(D) to separate the holy from the common.(E)

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  1. Ezekiel 42:16 See Septuagint of verse 17; Hebrew rods; also in verses 18 and 19.
  2. Ezekiel 42:16 Five hundred cubits equal about 875 feet or about 265 meters; also in verses 17, 18 and 19.
  3. Ezekiel 42:17 Septuagint; Hebrew rods

28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots
    the pasturelands shake,(A)

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28 The shorelands will quake(A)
    when your sailors cry out.

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