45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles 1 wide and eight and a quarter miles 2 long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.
47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here 3 are the borders 4 you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) 5
1 tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
2 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
3 tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.
4 tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.
5 tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.
sn One portion for Ephraim, the other for Manasseh (Gen 48:17-20).