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 ¹  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ²  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ³  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ⁴  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

Ezekiel 48:13

48:13 “Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles ⁵  in length and three and one-third miles ⁶  in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles ⁷  and the width three and one-third miles. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 7:2

7:2 “You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! ⁹ 

Ezekiel 25:9

25:9 So look, I am about to open up Moab’s flank, ¹⁰  eliminating the cities, ¹¹  including its frontier cities, ¹²  the beauty of the land – Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

Ezekiel 38:6

38:6 They are joined by ¹³  Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops – many peoples are with you. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 48:9

48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles ¹⁵  in length and three and one-third miles ¹⁶  in width.

Ezekiel 37:21

37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land.

Ezekiel 45:3

45:3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles ¹⁷  and a width of three and one-third miles; ¹⁸  in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

Ezekiel 45:5-6

45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ¹⁹  in length and three and one-third miles ²⁰  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ²¹  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 ²²  wide and eight and a quarter miles ²³  long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:15

48:15 “The remainder, one and two-thirds miles ²⁴  in width and eight and a quarter miles ²⁵  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;

Ezekiel 48:20-21

48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles ²⁶  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

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 ²⁷  of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles ²⁸  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.

Ezekiel 45:1

The Lord’s Portion of the Land

45:1 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment ²⁹  to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles ³⁰  and the width three and one-third miles. ³¹  This entire area will be holy. ³² 

Ezekiel 48:8

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 ³³  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.

[48:10]  ¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:10]  ² tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

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

[48:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).

[25:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “shoulder.”

[25:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “from the cities.” The verb “eliminating” has been added in the translation to reflect the privative use of the preposition (see BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b).

[25:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from its cities, from its end.”

[38:6]  ¹⁷ tn The words “they are joined by” are added in the translation for purposes of English style.

[38:6]  ¹⁸ sn The seven-nation coalition represents the north (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, Beth-Togarmah), the south/west (Ethiopia, Put) and the east (Persia). The use of the sevenfold list suggests completeness. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:441.

[48:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:9]  ²² tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:3]  ²⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:3]  ²⁶ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:5]  ²⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:5]  ³⁰ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:5]  ³¹ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.

[45:6]  ³³ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[45:6]  ³⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:15]  ³⁷ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[48:15]  ³⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:20]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:21]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:21]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:1]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “a contribution.”

[45:1]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers). The measuring units here are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard miles (one mile = 5,280 feet), with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.

[45:1]  ⁵¹ tc The LXX reads “twenty thousand cubits.”

[45:1]  ⁵² tn Heb “holy it is in all its territory round about.”

[48:8]  ⁵³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).