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The Shares for the City Property

15 “There will be an area of land 5000 cubits[a] wide by 25,000 cubits long that is left over from the land given to the priests and Levites. This land can be for the city, for grasslands for animals, and for building houses. The common people may use this land. The city will be in the middle of it. 16 These are the city’s measurements: The north side will be 4500 cubits.[b] The south side will be 4500 cubits. The east side will be 4500 cubits. The west side will be 4500 cubits. 17 The city will have grasslands. These grasslands will be 250 cubits[c] on the north and 250 cubits on the south. They will be 250 cubits on the east and 250 cubits on the west.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:15 5000 cubits 1.61 miles (2.6 km).
  2. Ezekiel 48:16 4500 cubits 1.45 miles (2.33 km). Also in verses 30, 32-34.
  3. Ezekiel 48:17 250 cubits 425' 1 1/2" (129.58 m).

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