Ezekiel 45:2

45:2 Of this area a square 875 feet ¹  by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet ²  set aside for its open space round about.

Ezekiel 48:20

48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles ³  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

Revelation 21:12-17

21:12 It has ⁴  a massive, high wall ⁵  with twelve gates, ⁶  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ⁷  are written on the gates. ⁸  21:13 There are ⁹  three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side. ¹⁰  21:14 The ¹¹  wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

21:15 The angel ¹²  who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall. 21:16 Now ¹³  the city is laid out as a square, ¹⁴  its length and width the same. He ¹⁵  measured the city with the measuring rod ¹⁶  at fourteen hundred miles ¹⁷  (its length and width and height are equal). 21:17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits ¹⁸  according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s. ¹⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters); the phrase occurs twice in this verse.

² tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

⁴ tn Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁵ tn Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”

⁶ tn On this term BDAG 897 s.v. πυλών 1 states, “gate, esp. of the large, impressive gateways at the entrance of temples and palaces…of the entrances of the heavenly Jerusalem…οἱ πυλῶνες αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν its entrances shall never be shut Rv 21:25; cp. vss. 12ab, 13abcd, 15, 21ab; 22:14.”

⁷ tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.

⁸ tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn The words “There are” have been supplied to make a complete English sentence. This is a continuation of the previous sentence, a lengthy and complicated one in Greek.

¹⁰ tn The word “side” has been supplied four times in this verse for clarity.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹² tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the angel of v. 9) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the somewhat parenthetical nature of the description of the city.

¹⁴ tn Or “the city lies square.” On κεῖμαι (keimai) in this context, BDAG 537 s.v. 2 states, “lie, of things…ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται is laid out as a square Rv 21:16.”

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁶ tn Grk “with the rod”; the word “measuring” is supplied from the description in v. 15.

¹⁷ tn Or “two thousand two hundred kilometers,” Grk “12,000 stades.” A stade was a measure of length about 607 ft (185 m).

¹⁸ tn Here the measurement was kept in cubits in the translation because of the possible symbolic significance of the number 144 (12 times 12). This is about 216 ft (65 m).

¹⁹ tn Here L&N 81.1 translate the phrase μέτρον ἀνθρώπου, ὅ ἐστιν ἀγγέλου (metron anqrwpou, {o estin angelou) “‘the unit of measurement used by a person, that is, by an angel’ Re 21:17.” It is more likely that μέτρον is an accusative of respect or reference.