“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.

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  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

“Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits[a] wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.(A)

“The special portion you are to offer to the Lord will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[b] wide.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:8 That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21
  2. Ezekiel 48:9 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18