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Israel’s National Temple Allotment

“Running along the border of the tribe of Judah from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter you are to set apart the Terumah,[a] 25,000 units[b] wide, with its east-west length equal to one of the other apportionments, from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter, with the Temple in the middle of it. The Terumah that you are to give to the Lord is to be 25,000 units wide.”[c]

Allotments for the Priests

10 “The holy Terumah is to be reserved for these, the priests: Toward the north, 25,000 units in length;[d] toward the west, 10,000 units in width; toward the east, 10,000 units in width; and toward the south, 25,000 units in length. The Lord’s sanctuary is to be in its midst.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:8 Lit. Gift; i.e. a special section of Israel’s land to be dedicated to the Lord as a national temple park, and so throughout the chapter; cf. Eze 45:1-7
  2. Ezekiel 48:8 The Heb. lacks units; i.e. the measuring unit is unspecified throughout the chapter
  3. Ezekiel 48:9 The Heb. lacks wide
  4. Ezekiel 48:10 The Heb. lacks in length