Ezekiel 45:3

45:3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles ¹  and a width of three and one-third miles; ²  in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

Ezekiel 45:5-6

45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ³  in length and three and one-third miles ⁴  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ⁵  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 ⁶  wide and eight and a quarter miles ⁷  long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

² tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

⁴ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

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

⁶ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

⁷ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).