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Ezekiel 45:1-3
New English Translation
Ezekiel 45:1-3
New English Translation
The Lord’s Portion of the Land
45 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment[a] to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be 8¼ miles[b] and the width 3⅓ miles.[c] This entire area will be holy.[d] 2 Of this area a square 875 feet[e] by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet[f] set aside for its open space round about. 3 From this measured area you will measure a length of 8¼ miles[g] and a width of 3⅓ miles;[h] in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
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- Ezekiel 45:1 tn Heb “a contribution.”
- Ezekiel 45:1 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers). The measuring units here are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard miles (one mile = 5,280 feet), with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.
- Ezekiel 45:1 tc The LXX reads “20,000 cubits.”tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 45:1 tn Heb “holy it is in all its territory round about.”
- Ezekiel 45:2 tn Heb “500 cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters); the phrase occurs twice in this verse.
- Ezekiel 45:2 tn Heb “50 cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).
- Ezekiel 45:3 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 45:3 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
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