Ezekiel 44:15

The Levitical Priests

44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok ¹  who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 48:13

48:13 “Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles ²  in length and three and one-third miles ³  in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles ⁴  and the width three and one-third miles. ⁵ 

[44:15]  ¹ sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).

[48:13]  ² tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:13]  ³ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).