Ezekiel 48
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Ezekiel 48:8-22

8“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the 1allotment which you shall 2set apart, twenty-five thousand 3cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the 4sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. 9The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. 10The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the 5priests, 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. 11It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the 6sons of Zadok, who have 7taken the responsibility I gave them, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the 8Levites went astray. 12It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy reserve, by the border of the Levites. 13And 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. 14Moreover, they 9shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this 10choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the Lord.

15“The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand 11in length, shall be for 12common use for the city, for homes and for 13open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. 16And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 cubits, the south side 144,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 cubits. 17The city shall have 15open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits. 18The 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 16alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; you shall 17set apart the holy allotment, a 18square, with the 19property of the city.

21“The 20remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the 21property of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it. 22And exclusive of the 22property of the Levites and the 23property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 48:8 Or contribution, and so throughout the ch ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 48:8 Lit raise ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 48:8 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 48:8 Is 12:6; 33:20-22; Ezek 45:3, 4 ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 48:10 Ezek 44:28; 45:4 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 48:11 Ezek 40:46; 44:15 ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 48:11 Lit kept the duty to Me ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 48:11 Ezek 44:10, 12 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 48:14 Lev 25:32-34; 27:10, 28, 33 ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 48:14 Lit first; or first fruits ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 48:15 Lit in front ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 48:15 Ezek 42:20; 45:6 ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 48:15 Or pasture land ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 48:16 Rev 21:16 ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 48:17 Or pasture land ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 48:18 Or exactly as ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 48:20 Lit raise ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 48:20 Lit fourth ↩
  19. 19. Ezekiel 48:20 Or possession ↩
  20. 20. Ezekiel 48:21 Ezek 34:24; 45:7; 48:22 ↩
  21. 21. Ezekiel 48:21 Or possession ↩
  22. 22. Ezekiel 48:22 Or possession ↩
  23. 23. Ezekiel 48:22 Or possession ↩

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