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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Good News Translation

Ezekiel 48:9

In the center of this section, a special area 10 miles by 8 miles is to be dedicated to the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Numbers, Book of;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Israel ;   Tribes, the Twelve;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The special portion you donate to the Lord will be 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide.
Hebrew Names Version
The offering that you shall offer to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
King James Version
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
English Standard Version
The portion that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000 in breadth.
New American Standard Bible
"The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.
New Century Version
"The share which you will give the Lord will be about seven miles long and three miles wide.
Amplified Bible
"The allotment [of land] that you shall set apart and offer to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The oblation that ye shall offer vnto the Lord, shalbe of fiue and twentie thousande long, and of ten thousand the breadth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.
Legacy Standard Bible
The contribution that you shall contribute to Yahweh shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.
Berean Standard Bible
The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.
Contemporary English Version
An area in the center of this land will belong to me. It will be eight miles long and six miles wide.
Complete Jewish Bible
The offering you are to set aside for Adonai is to be eight [miles] long and three wide.
Darby Translation
The heave-offering that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
Easy-to-Read Version
You will dedicate this land to the Lord . It will be 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide.
George Lamsa Translation
And the portion of the land which you shall set apart for the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in breadth.
Lexham English Bible
The contribution that you shall set apart for Yahweh, its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits, and its width ten thousand cubits.
Literal Translation
The heave offering that you shall offer to Jehovah shall be twenty five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the porcion, that ye shal separate out for the LORDE, it shalbe xxv.M. longe, and x.M. brode.
American Standard Version
The oblation that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
Bible in Basic English
The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The offering that ye shall set apart unto the LORD shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
King James Version (1611)
The oblation that yee shall offer vnto the Lord, shall be of fiue and twentie thousand in length, and of ten thousand in bredth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The oblation that ye shall offer vnto the Lord, shalbe fiue and twentie thousand long, and ten thousand brode.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As for the first-fruits which they shall offer to the Lord, it shall be in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth twenty-five thousand.
English Revised Version
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
World English Bible
The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The firste fruytis whiche ye schulen departe to the Lord, the lengthe schal be in fyue and twenty thousynde, and the breed in ten thousynde.
Update Bible Version
The oblation that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be five and twenty thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in width.
Webster's Bible Translation
The oblation that ye shall offer to the LORD [shall be] of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
New English Translation
The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.
New King James Version
"The district that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.
New Living Translation
"The area set aside for the Lord 's Temple will be 8 1⁄3 miles long and 6 2⁄3 miles wide.
New Life Bible
The gift of land that you will set apart to the Lord will be as long as 12,500 long steps and as wide as 5,000 long steps.
New Revised Standard
The portion that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length, and twenty thousand in width.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the heave-offering which ye shall offer up to Yahweh shall be in length, five and twenty thousand, and in breadth, twenty thousand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The firstfruits which you shall set apart for the Lord will be the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand.
Revised Standard Version
The portion which you shall set apart for the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length, and twenty thousand in breadth.
Young's Literal Translation
The heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah [is] five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.

Contextual Overview

1The northern boundary of the land runs eastward from the Mediterranean Sea to the city of Hethlon, to Hamath Pass, to Enon City, to the boundary between the kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath. Each tribe is to receive one section of land extending from the eastern boundary west to the Mediterranean Sea, in the following order from north to south: Dan Asher Naphtali Manasseh Ephraim Reuben Judah 8 The next section of the land is to be set apart for special use. It is to be 10 miles wide from north to south, and the same length from east to west as the sections given to the tribes. The Temple will be located within this section. 9 In the center of this section, a special area 10 miles by 8 miles is to be dedicated to the Lord . 10 The priests are to have a portion of this holy area. From east to west their portion is to measure 10 miles, and from north to south, 4 miles. The Temple of the Lord is to be located in the middle of this area. 11 This holy area is to be for the priests who are descendants of Zadok. They served me faithfully and did not join the rest of the Israelites in doing wrong, as the other members of the tribe of Levi did. 12 So they are to have a special area next to the area belonging to the Levites, and it will be the holiest of all. 13 The Levites also are to have a special area, south of that of the priests. It too is to be 10 miles from east to west, by 4 miles from north to south. 14 The area dedicated to the Lord is the best part of all the land, and none of it may be sold or exchanged or transferred to anyone else. It is holy and belongs to the Lord . 15 The part of the special area that is left, 10 miles by 2 miles, is not holy, but is for the general use of the people. They may live there and use the land. The city is to be in the center of it, 16 and it will be a square, 2,520 yards on each side.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:2 - The Lord Ezekiel 44:28 - I am their inheritance Ezekiel 48:15 - for the city

Cross-References

Genesis 27:4
Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die."
Genesis 30:2
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "I can't take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children."
Genesis 33:5
When Esau looked around and saw the women and the children, he asked, "Who are these people with you?" "These, sir, are the children whom God has been good enough to give me," Jacob answered.
Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, "Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
Genesis 48:4
He said to me, ‘I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.'"
Genesis 48:5
Jacob continued, "Joseph, your two sons, who were born to you in Egypt before I came here, belong to me; Ephraim and Manasseh are just as much my sons as Reuben and Simeon.
Genesis 48:11
Jacob said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your children."
Genesis 48:14
But Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, even though he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the older.
Genesis 48:20
So he blessed them that day, saying, "The Israelites will use your names when they pronounce blessings. They will say, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.'" In this way Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 48:21
Then Jacob said to Joseph, "As you see, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your ancestors.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The oblation that ye shall offer to the Lord,.... That which belonged to the sanctuary, and to the priests, which was taken and separated for that use; which here, and in the following verses, is particularly and separately considered:

shall be of five and twenty thousand in length; that is, five and twenty thousand reeds from east to west:

and of ten thousand in breadth; from north to south; see Ezekiel 45:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 48:9. The oblation — This was a portion of land twenty-five thousand cubits in length, by ten thousand broad; in the centre of which was the temple, which must be destined for the use of the priests, the Levites, and the prince.


 
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