Ezekiel 48:9

9 The contribution that you shall set apart for Yahweh, its length [shall be] twenty-five thousand [cubits], and its width ten thousand [cubits].

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 And next to the territory of Reuben, from {the eastern border} up to {the western border}, one [portion] [for] Judah.

8 And next to the territory of Judah, from {the eastern border} up to {the western border}, shall be [located] the contribution that you set apart, twenty-five thousand [cubits] [in] width, and its length [just] like one of the portions from {the eastern border} up to {the western border}, and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

9 The contribution that you shall set apart for Yahweh, its length [shall be] twenty-five thousand [cubits], and its width ten thousand [cubits].

10 And to these shall be {the holy district}: to the priests northwards twenty-five thousand [cubits], and westwards [its] width ten thousand [cubits], and eastwards [its] width ten thousand [cubits], and southwards its length twenty-five thousand [cubits], and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.

11 To the priests, the [ones] being consecrated from the descendants of Zadok, who took care of my service [and] who {did not go astray} {when the Israelites went astray}, {just as} the Levites went astray.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, 8.33 miles
• [b]. That is, 3.5 miles; cf. 48:13 and 45:1