Ezekiel 48:15-20
Legacy Standard Bible
15 “And the remainder, [a]5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 [b]in length, shall be for (A)common use for the city, for places of habitation, and for [c]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. 16 And these shall be its measurements: the north side [d]4,500 cubits, the south side (B)4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. 17 And the city shall have [e]open spaces: on the north [f]250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits. 18 And the remainder of the length alongside the holy contribution shall be 10,000 cubits toward the east and 10,000 toward the west; and it shall be [g]alongside the holy contribution. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19 The workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20 The whole contribution shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall contribute the holy contribution, a [h]square, with the city’s possession of land.
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- Ezekiel 48:15 Approx. 1.4 mi. or 2.25 km
- Ezekiel 48:15 Lit in front
- Ezekiel 48:15 Or pasture land
- Ezekiel 48:16 Approx. 1.3 mi. or 2 km
- Ezekiel 48:17 Or pasture land
- Ezekiel 48:17 Approx. 375 ft. or 112.5 m
- Ezekiel 48:18 Or exactly as
- Ezekiel 48:20 Lit fourth
Ezekiel 48:15-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand in length, shall be for ordinary use for the city, for dwellings and for pasturelands. In the middle of it shall be the city,(A) 16 and these shall be its dimensions: the north side four thousand five hundred cubits, the south side four thousand five hundred, the east side four thousand five hundred, and the west side four thousand five hundred.(B) 17 The city shall have pasturelands: on the north two hundred fifty cubits, on the south two hundred fifty, on the east two hundred fifty, on the west two hundred fifty.(C) 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be ten thousand cubits to the east and ten thousand to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.(D) 19 The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.(E) 20 The whole portion that you shall set apart shall be twenty-five thousand cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.(F)
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