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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Ezekiel 48:20

The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Encampment;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Foursquare;   Israel ;   Jerusalem ;   Tribes, the Twelve;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Foursquare;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The entire donation will be 8⅓ miles by 8⅓ miles; you are to set apart the holy donation along with the city property as a square area.
Hebrew Names Version
All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall offer the holy offering four-square, with the possession of the city.
King James Version
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
English Standard Version
The whole portion that you shall set apart shall be 25,000 cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.
New American Standard Bible
"The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; you shall set apart the holy allotment, a square, with the property of the city.
New Century Version
This whole area will be square, seven miles by seven miles. You shall give to the Lord the holy share along with the city property.
Amplified Bible
"The whole allotment shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall set apart the holy allotment, a square, with the property of the city.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the oblation shalbe fiue and twentie thousand with fiue and twentie thousand: you shall offer this oblation foure square for the Sanctuarie, and for the possession of the citie.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The whole allotment shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall set apart the holy allotment, a square, with the property of the city.
Legacy Standard Bible
The whole contribution shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall contribute the holy contribution, a square, with the city's possession of land.
Contemporary English Version
And so the center of this special section of land will be for my sacred land, as well as for the city and its property. The land will be a square, eight miles on each side.
Complete Jewish Bible
The entire offering will be eight [miles] square, including the section for the city.
Darby Translation
The whole heave-offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall offer the holy heave-offering foursquare with the possession of the city.
Easy-to-Read Version
"This special area of land will be square. It will be 25,000 cubits long by 25,000 cubits wide. You must set apart this area for its special purposes. One part is for the priests, one part is for the Levites, and one part is for the city.
George Lamsa Translation
The whole portion which is set aside shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand; you shall separate the holy portion from the possession of the city.
Good News Translation
And so the total area in the center of the section which was set apart will be a square measuring 10 miles on each side, and it will include the area occupied by the city.
Lexham English Bible
All of the contribution, twenty-five thousand by twenty five thousand cubits square, you shall set apart as the holy district along with the property of the city.
Literal Translation
All the heave offering shall be twenty five thousand by twenty five thousand cubits , foursquare. You shall offer the holy heave offering to the possession of the city.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All that is separated of the xxv.M. longe and xxv.M. brode on the foure partes, yt shall ye put a syde for the separated porcion of the Sanctuary, & for the possession of ye cite.
American Standard Version
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
Bible in Basic English
The size of the offering all together is to be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you are to make the holy offering a square, together with the property of the town.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall set apart the holy offering foursquare, with the possession of the city.
King James Version (1611)
All the oblation shall bee fiue and twentie thousand, by fiue and twentie thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foure square, with the possession of the citie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All the oblation shalbe fiue and twentie thousand with fiue and twentie thousand: ye shall offer this oblation foure square, for the sanctuarie, and for the possession of the citie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The whole offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: ye shall separate again part of it, the first-fruits of the sanctuary, from the possession of the city.
English Revised Version
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
World English Bible
All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall offer the holy offering four-square, with the possession of the city.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle the firste fruitis of fyue and twenti thousynde, bi fyue and twenti thousynde in square, schulen be departid in to the firste fruytis of seyntuarie, and in to possessioun of the citee.
Update Bible Version
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: you shall offer the holy oblation four-square, with the possession of the city.
Webster's Bible Translation
All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
New English Translation
The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.
New King James Version
The entire district shall be twenty-five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand cubits, foursquare. You shall set apart the holy district with the property of the city.
New Living Translation
This entire area—including the sacred lands and the city—is a square that measures 8 1⁄3 miles on each side.
New Life Bible
The whole piece of land will be as long as 12,500 long steps on each of its four sides. You will set apart the holy piece of land, together with the land for the city.
New Revised Standard
The whole portion that you shall set apart shall be twenty-five thousand cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the offering shall be five and twenty thousand, by five and twenty thousand, - foursquare, shall ye offer up the offering of the holy portion, towards the possession of the city.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All the firstfruits, of five and twenty thousand, by five and twenty thousand foursquare, shall be set apart for the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and for the possession of the city.
Revised Standard Version
The whole portion which you shall set apart shall be twenty-five thousand cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.
Young's Literal Translation
All the heave-offering [is] five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, square do ye lift up the heave-offering of the holy [portion] with the possession of the city.
THE MESSAGE
"This dedicated area, set apart for holy purposes, will be a square, seven miles by seven miles, a ‘holy square,' which includes the part set aside for the city.

Contextual Overview

1Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side. 2Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west. 3Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west. 4Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west. 5Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west. 6Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west. 7Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west. 8Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of one of the tribal portions from the east side to the west. In the center will be the sanctuary. 9The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. 10This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

foursquare: Hebrews 12:17, Revelation 21:16

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 42:20 - five hundred Ezekiel 45:5 - the five

Cross-References

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies."
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
Genesis 48:11
"I never expected to see your face again," Israel said to Joseph, "but now God has let me see your children as well."
Genesis 48:12
Then Joseph removed his sons from his father's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Genesis 48:18
"Not so, my father!" Joseph said. "This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
Genesis 48:21
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Genesis 48:22
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow."
Numbers 7:48
On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
Numbers 7:54
On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
Numbers 13:8
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand,.... Or, "every oblation" w; everyone of the oblations; that for the priests and the sanctuary; that for the Levites, and that for the city, its suburbs, and the maintenance of those that served the city; each were a square of five and twenty thousand reeds:

ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city; taking in the possession of the city, or what that possessed, the oblation of land for that, and its suburbs, and for produce to support those that served it, should be a foursquare of the above dimensions.

w כל התרומה "omnis oblatio", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The holy ... with ... - Or, “a fourth part as the holy oblation, for” etc.


 
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