Ezekiel 47:13

Boundaries for the Land

47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here ¹  are the borders ²  you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) ³ 

Ezekiel 48:20

48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles ⁴  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

¹ tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.

² tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.

³ tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.

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