Ezekiel 45:2-7

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. 45:3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles ³  and a width of three and one-third miles; ⁴  in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place. 45:4 It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. ⁵  45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ⁶  in length and three and one-third miles ⁷  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ⁸  in which they will live.

45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles ⁹  wide and eight and a quarter miles ¹⁰  long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

45:7 “‘For the prince there will be land on both sides of the holy allotment and the allotted city, alongside the holy allotment and the allotted city, on the west side and on the east side; it will be comparable in length to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border

[45:2]  ¹ tn Heb “five hundred cubits” (i.e., 262.5 meters); the phrase occurs twice in this verse.

[45:2]  ² tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[45:3]  ³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:4]  ⁵ tc The LXX apparently understood “open land” instead of “sanctuary.”

[45:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:5]  ⁸ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.

[45:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[45:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).