Ezekiel 48:15-20
New Living Translation
15 “An additional strip of land 8 1⁄3 miles long by 1 2⁄3 miles wide,[a] south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use—homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center. 16 The city will measure 1 1⁄2 miles[b] on each side—north, south, east, and west. 17 Open lands will surround the city for 150 yards[c] in every direction. 18 Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3 1⁄3 miles to the east and 3 1⁄3 miles to the west[d] along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city. 19 Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it. 20 This entire area—including the sacred lands and the city—is a square that measures 8 1⁄3 miles[e] on each side.
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- 48:15 Hebrew 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers] long by 5,000 [cubits] [2.65 kilometers] wide.
- 48:16 Hebrew 4,500 [cubits] [2.4 kilometers]; also in 48:30, 32, 33, 34.
- 48:17 Hebrew 250 [cubits] [133 meters].
- 48:18 Hebrew 10,000 [cubits] [5.3 kilometers] to the east and 10,000 [cubits] to the west.
- 48:20 Hebrew 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers]; also in 48:21.
Ezekiel 48:15-20
New American Standard Bible
15 “The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand [a]in length, shall be for (A)common use for the city, for homes and for [b]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. 16 And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 cubits, the south side (B)4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 cubits. 17 The city shall have [c]open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits. 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be ten thousand cubits toward the east and ten thousand toward the west; and it shall be [d]alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19 And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20 The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; you shall [e]set apart the holy allotment, a [f]square, with the [g]property of the city.
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- Ezekiel 48:15 Lit in front
- Ezekiel 48:15 Or pasture land
- Ezekiel 48:17 Or pasture land
- Ezekiel 48:18 Or exactly as
- Ezekiel 48:20 Lit raise
- Ezekiel 48:20 Lit fourth
- Ezekiel 48:20 Or possession
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