48:15 “The remainder, one and two-thirds miles 1 in width and eight and a quarter miles 2 in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it;
48:8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles 3 wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.
48:21 “The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles 8 of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles 9 to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.
1 tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
2 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
3 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
5 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
6 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
7 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
8 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
7 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
8 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).