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.

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 ⁸  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ⁹  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ¹⁰  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ¹¹  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

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 ¹²  of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles ¹³  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.

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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).

⁸ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

⁹ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

¹⁰ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

¹¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

¹² tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

¹³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).