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“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the contribution which you shall contribute, 25,000 [a]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the (A)sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. The contribution that you shall contribute to Yahweh shall be [b]25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. 10 And the holy contribution shall be for these, namely for the (B)priests, toward the north 25,000 cubits in length, toward the west 10,000 in width, toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst. 11 It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the (C)sons of Zadok, who have kept the responsibility given by Me, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the (D)Levites went astray. 12 And it shall be a contribution to them from the contribution of the land, a Holy of Holies, by the border of the Levites. 13 Now alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000. 14 Moreover, they (E)shall not sell or exchange any of it, or let this [c]choice portion of land pass over to another; for it is holy to Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:8 Or possibly reeds, so in ch
  2. Ezekiel 48:9 Approx. 7.1 mi. long and 2.8 mi. wide or 11.25 km and 4.5 km
  3. Ezekiel 48:14 Lit first, first fruits

“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [a]allotment which you shall [b]set apart, 25,000 [c]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the (A)sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.

Portion for the Priests

10 The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the (B)priests, toward the north 25,000 cubits in length, toward the west 10,000 in width, toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst. 11 It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the (C)sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the (D)Levites went astray. 12 It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites. 13 Alongside the border of the priests the Levites shall have 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000. 14 Moreover, they (E)shall not sell or exchange any of it, or alienate this [d]choice portion of land; for it is holy to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:8 Or contribution, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 48:8 Lit offer
  3. Ezekiel 48:8 Or possibly reeds, and so throughout the ch
  4. Ezekiel 48:14 Lit first or first fruits

“Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits[a] wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.(A)

“The special portion you are to offer to the Lord will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[b] wide.(B) 10 This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the Lord.(C) 11 This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites,(D) who were faithful in serving me(E) and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.(F) 12 It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.

13 “Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits.(G) 14 They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the Lord.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:8 That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21
  2. Ezekiel 48:9 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18