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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 48:17

Open lands will surround the city for 150 yards in every direction.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The city’s open space will extend:
Hebrew Names Version
The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
King James Version
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
English Standard Version
And the city shall have open land: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250, on the east 250, and on the west 250.
New American Standard Bible
"The city shall have open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.
New Century Version
The city's land for pastures will be about four hundred thirty-seven feet on the north, four hundred thirty-seven feet on the south, four hundred thirty-seven feet on the east, and four hundred thirty-seven feet on the west.
Amplified Bible
"The city shall have open country: toward the north 250 cubits, and toward the south 250, toward the east 250, and toward the west 250.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the suburbes of the citie shall be toward the North two hundreth and fiftie, and towarde the South two hundreth and fiftie, and towarde the East two hundreth and fiftie, and towarde the West two hundreth and fiftie.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The city shall have open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the city shall have open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.
Berean Standard Bible
The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.
Contemporary English Version
and an open area four hundred twenty feet wide will surround the city.
Complete Jewish Bible
The city is to have outside it a border of land 440 feet wide on each side — north, south, east and west.
Darby Translation
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty [cubits], and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
Easy-to-Read Version
The city will have grasslands. These grasslands will be 250 cubits on the north and 250 cubits on the south. They will be 250 cubits on the east and 250 cubits on the west.
George Lamsa Translation
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty cubits and toward the south two hundred and fifty cubits and toward the east two hundred and fifty cubits and toward the west two hundred and fifty cubits.
Good News Translation
All around the city on each side there will be an open space 140 yards across.
Lexham English Bible
And a pastureland shall be for the city northwards, two hundred and fifty cubits, southwards two hundred and fifty cubits, and eastwards two hundred and fifty cubits, and westwards two hundred and fifty cubits.
Literal Translation
And the open land shall be of the city northward, two hundred and fifty cubits ; and southward, two hundred and fifty; and eastward, two hundred and fifty; and westward, two hundred and fifty cubits .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The suburbes harde vpon the cite, shall haue towarde the north, L. and ij.C: towarde the south, L. and two C: towarde the east, L. and two C: towarde the west also, L. and two C.
American Standard Version
And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
Bible in Basic English
And the town will have a free space on the north of two hundred and fifty, on the south of two hundred and fifty, on the east of two hundred and fifty, and on the west of two hundred and fifty.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the city shall have open land: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
King James Version (1611)
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the North two hundred and fiftie, and toward the South two hundred and fifty, and toward the East two hundred and fiftie, and toward the West two hundred and fiftie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The suburbes of the citie shall haue toward the north two hundred and fiftie, toward the south two hundred and fiftie, toward the east two hundred and fiftie, toward the west also two hundred and fiftie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there shall be a space to the city northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty, and eastward two hundred and fifty, and westward two hundred and fifty.
English Revised Version
And the city shall have suburbs; toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
World English Bible
The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the subarbis of the citee at the north schulen be twei hundrid and fifti, and at the southe twei hundrid and fifti, and at the eest twei hundrid and fifti, and at the see, that is, the west, twei hundrid and fifti.
Update Bible Version
And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the suburbs of the city shall be towards the north two hundred and fifty, and towards the south two hundred and fifty, and towards the east two hundred and fifty, and towards the west two hundred and fifty.
New English Translation
The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.
New King James Version
The common-land of the city shall be: to the north two hundred and fifty cubits, to the south two hundred and fifty, to the east two hundred and fifty, and to the west two hundred and fifty.
New Life Bible
And it will have open fields, 125 long steps in width, all around the city.
New Revised Standard
The city shall have open land: on the north two hundred fifty cubits, on the south two hundred fifty, on the east two hundred fifty, on the west two hundred fifty.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the open space of the city shall be, northward, two hundred and fifty, and southward, two hundred and fifty, - and eastward, two hundred and fifty, and westward, two hundred and fifty,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the suburbs of the city shall be to the north two hundred and fifty, and the south two hundred and fifty, and to the east two hundred and fifty, and to the sea two hundred and fifty.
Revised Standard Version
And the city shall have open land: on the north two hundred and fifty cubits, on the south two hundred and fifty, on the east two hundred and fifty, and on the west two hundred and fifty.
Young's Literal Translation
And the suburb to the city hath been northward, fifty and two hundred, and southward, fifty and two hundred, and eastward, fifty and two hundred, and westward, fifty and two hundred.

Contextual Overview

1 "Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan's territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west. 2 "Asher's territory lies south of Dan's and also extends from east to west. 3 Naphtali's land lies south of Asher's, also extending from east to west. 4 Then comes Manasseh south of Naphtali, and its territory also extends from east to west. 5 South of Manasseh is Ephraim, 6 and then Reuben, 7 and then Judah, all of whose boundaries extend from east to west. 8 "South of Judah is the land set aside for a special purpose. It will be 8 1⁄3 miles wide and will extend as far east and west as the tribal territories, with the Temple at the center. 9 "The area set aside for the Lord 's Temple will be 8 1⁄3 miles long and 6 2⁄3 miles wide. 10 For the priests there will be a strip of land measuring 8 1⁄3 miles long by 3 1⁄3 miles wide, with the Lord 's Temple at the center.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 48:15 - for the city Revelation 21:16 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 28:8
It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.
Genesis 38:10
But the Lord considered it evil for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the Lord took Onan's life, too.
Genesis 48:7
"Long ago, as I was returning from Paddan-aram, Rachel died in the land of Canaan. We were still on the way, some distance from Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). So with great sorrow I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath."
Genesis 48:8
Then Jacob looked over at the two boys. "Are these your sons?" he asked.
Genesis 48:14
But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys' heads. He put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger boy, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.
Numbers 11:1
Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord 's anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.
Numbers 22:34
Then Balaam confessed to the angel of the Lord , "I have sinned. I didn't realize you were standing in the road to block my way. I will return home if you are against my going."
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
1 Kings 16:25
But Omri did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, even more than any of the kings before him.
1 Chronicles 21:7
God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty,.... That is, so many reeds: and

toward the south two hundred and fifty; which make five hundred; and these being added to four thousand five hundred, north and south, make five thousand:

and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty; which being added to four thousand five hundred, east and west, make five thousand; and so an equilateral square on each side, length and breadth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The city being 4500 reeds square, 250 reeds are marked off north, south, east, west from the city land.


 
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