Discovery BoxEzekiel 43:7 
Context43:7 He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne 1 and the place for the soles of my feet, 2 where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die. 3
Ezekiel 48:10
Context48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles 4 in length, toward the west three and one-third miles 5 in width, toward the east three and one-third miles 6 in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles 7 in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.
1 sn God’s throne is mentioned in Isa 6:1; Jer 3:17.
2 sn See 1 Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5; 132:7; Isa 60:13; Lam 2:1.
3 tn Heb “by their corpses in their death.” But the term normally translated “corpses” is better understood here as a reference to funeral pillars or funerary offerings. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:583-85, and L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:257.
4 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
5 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
6 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
7 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
