Ezekiel 48:20

48:20 The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles ¹  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

Ezekiel 40:30

40:30 There were porches all around, 43¾ feet ²  long and 8¾ feet ³  wide.

Ezekiel 48:9-10

48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles ⁴  in length and three and one-third miles ⁵  in width. 48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles ⁶  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ⁷  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ⁸  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ⁹  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 ¹⁰  in length and three and one-third miles ¹¹  in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles ¹²  and the width three and one-third miles. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 40:25

40:25 There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; ¹⁴  87½ feet ¹⁵  long and 43¾ feet ¹⁶  wide.

Ezekiel 40:36

40:36 its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87½ feet ¹⁷  and its width 43¾ feet. ¹⁸ 

Ezekiel 45:3

45:3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles ¹⁹  and a width of three and one-third miles; ²⁰  in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

Ezekiel 45:5-6

45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ²¹  in length and three and one-third miles ²²  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ²³  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 ²⁴  wide and eight and a quarter miles ²⁵  long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

Ezekiel 45:12

45:12 The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels ²⁶  will be a mina for you.

Ezekiel 48:15

48:15 “The remainder, one and two-thirds miles ²⁷  in width and eight and a quarter miles ²⁸  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 48:21

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 ²⁹  of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles ³⁰  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 40:21

40:21 Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet ³¹  long and 43¾ feet ³²  wide.

Ezekiel 40:33

40:33 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ³³  and its width 43¾ feet. ³⁴ 

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 ³⁵  to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles ³⁶  and the width three and one-third miles. ³⁷  This entire area will be holy. ³⁸ 

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 ³⁹  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.

[48:20]  ¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[40:30]  ² tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:30]  ³ tn Heb “five cubits” (i.e., 2.625 meters).

[48:9]  ³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

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

[48:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[48:10]  ⁷ 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).

[40:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “as these windows.”

[40:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[45:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:5]  ¹¹ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.

[45:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[45:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels.”

[48:15]  ¹² tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[48:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[48:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[40:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[40:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

[40:33]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

[45:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a contribution.”

[45:1]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tc The LXX reads “twenty thousand cubits.”

[45:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “holy it is in all its territory round about.”

[48:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).