Ezekiel 47:1

Water from the Temple

47:1 Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed ¹  that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.

Ezekiel 48:10

48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles ²  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ³  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ⁴  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ⁵  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

Ezekiel 48:16

48:16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, ⁶  the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.

[47:1]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[48:10]  ² tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:10]  ³ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:16]  ³ tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.