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
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”
4 sn The reunification of Israel and Judah is envisioned as well in Ezek 33:23, 29; Jer 3:18; 23:5-6; Hos 1:11; Amos 9:11.
5 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
6 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
7 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
8 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
9 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.