Ezekiel 44:12

44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle ¹  to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow ²  concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible ³  for their sin.

Ezekiel 45:5

45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ⁴  in length and three and one-third miles ⁵  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ⁶  in which they will live.

Ezekiel 48:11

48:11 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, like the Levites did. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).

² tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

³ tn Heb “will bear.”

⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

⁵ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

⁶ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.

⁷ tn Heb “strayed off.”