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Christian Standard Bible ®

Ezekiel 48:20

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.

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

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.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
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

1“Now these are the names of the tribes: 2Next to the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, will be Asher—one portion. 3Next to the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, will be Naphtali—one portion. 4Next to the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, will be Manasseh—one portion. 5Next to the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, will be Ephraim—one portion. 6Next to the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, will be Reuben—one portion. 7Next to the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, will be Judah—one portion. 8“Next to the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, will be the portion you donate to the Lord, 8⅓ miles wide, and as long as one of the tribal portions from the east side to the west. The sanctuary will be in the middle of it. 9“The special portion you donate to the Lord will be 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide. 10This holy donation will be set apart for the priests alone. It will be 8⅓ miles long on the northern side, 3⅓ miles wide on the western side, 3⅓ miles wide on the eastern side, and 8⅓ miles long on the southern side. The Lord’s sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

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
They blessed Rebekah, saying to her:
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.
Genesis 48:11
Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.”
Genesis 48:12
Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.
Genesis 48:18
Joseph said to his father, “Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
Genesis 48:21
Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Genesis 48:22
Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
Numbers 7:48
On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the Ephraimites, presented an offering.
Numbers 7:54
On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the Manassites, presented an offering.
Numbers 13:8
Hoshea son of Nun from the tribe of Ephraim;

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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