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
Expanded Bible
8 “·South of [L Beside] Judah’s border will be the ·holy area which you are to give [portion set apart]. It will be ·about seven miles [L twenty-five thousand cubits] wide and as long and wide as one of the tribes’ shares. It will run from the east side to the west side. The ·Temple [L sanctuary] will be in the middle of this area.
9 “The share which you will give the Lord will be ·about seven miles [L twenty-five thousand cubits] long and ·three miles [L ten thousand cubits] wide. 10 The ·holy area [sacred allotment] will be divided among these people. The priests will have land ·about seven miles [L twenty-five thousand cubits] long on the north and south sides, and ·three miles [L ten thousand cubits] wide on the west and east sides. The ·Temple [sanctuary] of the Lord will be in the middle of it. 11 This land is for the ·priests who are given the holy duty of serving the Lord [L consecrated priests]. ·They [L …who] are the ·descendants [sons] of Zadok who ·did my work [were faithful to me; kept my charge] and did not ·leave me [go astray] when Israel and the Levites ·left me [went astray]. 12 They will have as their share a very holy part of the holy portion of the land. It will be next to the land of the Levites.
13 “Alongside the land for the priests, the Levites will have a share ·about seven miles [L twenty-five thousand cubits] long and ·three miles [L ten thousand cubits] wide; its full length will be ·about seven miles [L twenty-five thousand cubits] and its full width ·about three miles [L ten thousand cubits]. 14 The Levites are not to sell or ·trade [exchange] any of this land. They are not to ·let anyone else own [transfer; alienate] any of this best part of the land, because it ·belongs [is set apart/holy] to the Lord.
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