Ezekiel 48:3-13

3 Along the boundary of Asher from the eastern border to the western border: Naphtali, one portion.
4 Along the boundary of Naphtali from the eastern border to the western border: Manasseh, one portion.
5 Along the boundary of Manasseh from the eastern border to the western border: Ephraim, one portion.
6 Along the boundary of Ephraim from the eastern border to the western border: Reuben, one portion.
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.
12 It belongs to them as a most special portion of the land, a most holy place, up to the border of the Levites.
13 The Levites' allotment is next to the boundary of the priests, a length of 7.1 miles and a width of 2.84 miles. The entire length is 7.1 miles and the width 2.84 miles.

Footnotes 1

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