Ezekiel 48:9

9 The portion that you will set aside for the LORD will be 7.1 miles long and 5.68 miles wide.

Ezekiel 48:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 48:9

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 ) .

Ezekiel 48:9 In-Context

7 Along the boundary of Reuben from the eastern border to the western border: Judah, one portion.

8 Along the boundary of Judah from the eastern border to the western border will be the portion that you will set aside, 7.1 miles wide and the length of a tribal portion from the eastern border to the western border. The sanctuary is in its center.

9 The portion that you will set aside for the LORD will be 7.1 miles long and 5.68 miles wide.

10 These measurements define the holy portion for the priests: along the north, a length of 7.1 miles; along the west, a width of 2.84 miles; along the east, a width of 2.84 miles; and along the south, a length of 7.1 miles. The LORD's sanctuary is in its center.

11 This holy area is for the Zadokite priests who kept my charge and didn't stray as the Levites did when the house of Israel strayed away from me.

Footnotes

• [a]. Cf LXX and Ezek 45:1; MT ten thousand ammah equals 2.84 miles.