“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, twenty-five thousand [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 twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

Portion for the Priests

10 The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the (B)priests, toward the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand 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 [d]taken the responsibility I gave them, 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 reserve, by the border of the Levites. 13 And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width ten thousand. 14 Moreover, they (E)shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this [e]choice portion of land to pass to others; 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 raise
  3. Ezekiel 48:8 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
  4. Ezekiel 48:11 Lit kept the duty to Me
  5. Ezekiel 48:14 Lit first; or first fruits

Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the portion that you shall set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits in width, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with the sanctuary in the middle of it.(A) The portion that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and twenty[a] thousand in width. 10 These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring twenty-five thousand cubits on the northern side, ten thousand cubits in width on the western side, ten thousand in width on the eastern side, and twenty-five thousand in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the middle of it.(B) 11 As for the consecrated priests, the descendants[b] of Zadok who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did,(C) 12 they shall have a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.(D) 13 Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The whole length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width twenty[c] thousand.(E) 14 They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they shall not transfer this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 48.9 Cn: Heb ten
  2. 48.11 Heb ms Gk: MT of the descendants
  3. 48.13 Gk: Heb ten