Discovery BoxEzekiel 45:3 
Context45:3 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
Context45:5 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.
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.
