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Ezekiel 48:8-14

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8 "Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be 1the portion which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits[a] in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with 2the sanctuary in the midst of it.
9 The portion that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000[b] in breadth.
10 3These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring 25,000 cubits on the northern side, 10,000 cubits in breadth on the western side, 10,000 in breadth on the eastern side, and 25,000 in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the LORD in the midst of it.
11 This shall be for 4the consecrated priests, 5the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, 6as the Levites did.
12 And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.
13 7And alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in breadth. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the breadth 20,000.[c]
14 They 8shall not sell or exchange any of it. They shall not alienate 9this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
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Ezekiel 48:8-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 48

In this chapter an account is given of the portions of the twelve tribes in the land of Israel; seven to the north of the sanctuary, Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah, Eze 48:1-7, between which and Benjamin lay the holy portion of the land, for the sanctuary and the priests of it, and for the Levites, and for the city and its suburbs, and for the prince, Eze 48:8-22 then the portions of the other five tribes to the south of the sanctuary, Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, and Gad, Eze 48:23-29, after which the city is described by its outlets, north, east, south, and west; by its twelve gates, three at each point; by its circumference and by its name, Eze 48:30-35.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  • [b]. Compare 45:1; Hebrew ten
  • [c]. Septuagint; Hebrew 10,000
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