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The contribution that you shall set apart for Yahweh, its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits,[a] and its width ten thousand cubits.[b] 10 And to these shall be the holy district:[c] to the priests northwards twenty-five thousand cubits,[d] and westwards its width ten thousand cubits,[e] and eastwards its width ten thousand cubits,[f] and southwards its length twenty-five thousand cubits,[g] and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it. 11 To the priests, the ones being consecrated from the descendants[h] of Zadok, who took care of my service and who did not go astray[i] when the Israelites went astray,[j] just as[k] the Levites went astray.

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  1. Ezekiel 48:9 That is, 8.33 miles
  2. Ezekiel 48:9 That is, 3.5 miles; cf. 48:13 and 45:1
  3. Ezekiel 48:10 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
  4. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 8.33 miles
  5. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 3.5 miles
  6. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 3.5 miles
  7. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 8.33 miles
  8. Ezekiel 48:11 Or “sons”
  9. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “who not they went astray”
  10. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “at going astray the children of Israel”
  11. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “as that”

“The special portion you are to offer to the Lord will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[a] wide.(A) 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.(B) 11 This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites,(C) who were faithful in serving me(D) and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.(E)

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