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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Ezekiel 48:9

The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits 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.
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.
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

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

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

Cross-References

Genesis 27:4
Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die."
Genesis 30:2
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?"
Genesis 33:5
When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, "Who are these with you?" Jacob answered, "These are the children God has graciously given your servant."
Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
Genesis 48:4
and told me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'
Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
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 48:14
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh's head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
Genesis 48:20
So that day Jacob blessed them and said: "By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.'" So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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.

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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