Ezekiel 48:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 48:9

7 by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west, one section for ^aJudah;

8 by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be ^athe district which you shall set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits in width, and in length the same as one of the other portions, from the east side to the west, with the ^bsanctuary in the center.

9 “The district that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

10 To these—to the priests—the holy district shall belong: on the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, on the west ten thousand in width, on the east ten thousand in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand in length. The sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the center.

11 ^aIt shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, ^bas the Levites went astray.

12 And this district of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing most ^aholy by the border of the Levites.

13 “Opposite the border of the priests, the ^aLevites shall have an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width; its entire length shall be twenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand.

14 ^aAnd they shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.

15 ^a“The five thousand cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the twenty-five thousand, shall be ^bfor general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center.

16 These shall be its measurements: the north side four thousand five hundred cubits, the south side four thousand five hundred, the east side four thousand five hundred, and the west side four thousand five hundred.

17 The common-land of the city shall be: to the north two hundred and fifty cubits, to the south two hundred and fifty, to the east two hundred and fifty, and to the west two hundred and fifty.

18 The rest of the length, alongside the district of the holy section, shall be ten thousand cubits to the east and ten thousand to the west. It shall be adjacent to the district of the holy section, and its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.

19 ^aThe workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

20 The entire district shall be twenty-five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand cubits, foursquare. You shall set apart the holy district with the property of the city.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 48:9

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American Standard Version
The oblation that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand `reeds' in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

Amplified® Bible
The portion of land that you shall set apart and offer to the Lord shall be 25,000 [measures] in length and 10,000 in breadth [for each of the two districts].

Contemporary English Version
An area in the center of this land will belong to me. It will be eight miles long and six miles wide.

Darby English Version
The heave-offering that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

Good News Bible
In the center of this section, a special area 10 miles by 8 miles is to be dedicated to the LORD.

King James Version
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

New American Standard Bible
"The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD {shall be} 25,000 {cubits} in length and 10,000 in width.

New International Version
"The special portion you are to offer to the LORD will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.

New King James Version
“The district that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall consist of 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.

Revised Standard Version
The portion which you shall set apart for the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length, and twenty thousand in breadth.

Young's Literal Translation
The heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah `is' five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.

New English Translation
The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles¹ in length and three and one-third miles² in width.

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