Ezekiel 48:16
Context48:16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, 1 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.
Ezekiel 48:32-35
Context48:32 On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. 48:33 On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun. 48:34 On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. 48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. 2 The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’” 3
Revelation 21:16
Context21:16 Now 4 the city is laid out as a square, 5 its length and width the same. He 6 measured the city with the measuring rod 7 at fourteen hundred miles 8 (its length and width and height are equal).
[48:16] 1 tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
[48:35] 2 tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).
[48:35] 3 sn See Rev 21:12-21.
[21:16] 4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the somewhat parenthetical nature of the description of the city.
[21:16] 5 tn Or “the city lies square.” On κεῖμαι (keimai) in this context, BDAG 537 s.v. 2 states, “lie, of things…ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται is laid out as a square Rv 21:16.”
[21:16] 6 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
[21:16] 7 tn Grk “with the rod”; the word “measuring” is supplied from the description in v. 15.
[21:16] 8 tn Or “two thousand two hundred kilometers,” Grk “12,000 stades.” A stade was a measure of length about 607 ft (185 m).