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Ezekiel 48:9

The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide.

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

1 Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part. 2 And on the limit of Dan, from the east side to the west side: Asher, one part. 3 And on the limit of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one part. 4 And on the limit of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one part. 5 And on the limit of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one part. 6 And on the limit of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one part. 7 And on the limit of Reuben, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one part. 8 And on the limit of Judah, from the east side to the west side, will be the offering which you are to make, twenty-five thousand wide, and as long as one of the parts, from the east side to the west side: and the holy place will be in the middle of it. 9 The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide. 10 And for these, that is the priests, the holy offering is to be twenty-five thousand long to the north, ten thousand wide to the west, ten thousand wide to the east and twenty-five thousand long to the south; and the holy place of the Lord will be in the middle of it.

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
And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.
Genesis 30:2
But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
Genesis 33:5
Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.
Genesis 48:3
And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
Genesis 48:4
And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.
Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.
Genesis 48:11
And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.
Genesis 48:14
And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.
Genesis 48:20
So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

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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