Discovery BoxEzekiel 48:15-18 
Context48:15 “The remainder, one and two-thirds miles 1 in width and eight and a quarter miles 2 in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it; 48:16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, 3 the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles. 48:17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, 4 on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet. 48:18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles 5 to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city.
Ezekiel 48:30-35
Context48:30 “These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles 6 by measure, 48:31 the gates of the city 7 will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi. 48:32 On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. 48:33 On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun. 48:34 On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. 48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. 8 The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’” 9
1 tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
2 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
3 tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
4 tn Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
5 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.
6 tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs again in vv. 32-34.
7 sn See Rev 21:12-14.
8 tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).
9 sn See Rev 21:12-21.
