Ezekiel 48:8-14
New English Translation
8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west side will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be 8¼ miles[a] wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west side; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it. 9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be 8¼ miles[b] in length and 3⅓ miles[c] in width. 10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north 8¼ miles[d] in length, toward the west 3⅓ miles[e] in width, toward the east 3⅓ miles[f] in width, and toward the south 8¼ miles[g] in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle. 11 This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, as the Levites did.[h] 12 It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a Most Holy Place, next to the border of the Levites.
13 “Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 8¼ miles[i] in length and 3⅓ miles[j] in width. The whole length will be 8¼ miles[k] and the width 3⅓ miles.[l] 14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart[m] to the Lord.
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- Ezekiel 48:8 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:9 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:9 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:11 tn Heb “strayed off.”
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:14 tn Or “holy.”
Ezekiel 48:8-14
English Standard Version
8 “Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be (A)the portion which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits[a] in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with (B)the sanctuary in the midst of it. 9 The portion that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000[b] in breadth. 10 (C)These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring 25,000 cubits on the northern side, 10,000 cubits in breadth on the western side, 10,000 in breadth on the eastern side, and 25,000 in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the midst of it. 11 This shall be for (D)the consecrated priests, (E)the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, (F)as the Levites did. 12 And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites. 13 (G)And alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in breadth. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the breadth 20,000.[c] 14 They (H)shall not sell or exchange any of it. They shall not alienate (I)this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.
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- Ezekiel 48:8 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- Ezekiel 48:9 Compare 45:1; Hebrew 10,000
- Ezekiel 48:13 Septuagint; Hebrew 10,000
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