Ezekiel 48:9

9 “The special portion you are to offer to the LORD will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits^[a] wide.

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Ezekiel 48:9 in Other Translations

9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

ESV

9 The portion that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000 in breadth.

NLT

9 “The area set aside for the LORD ’s Temple will be 8 miles long and 6 miles wide.

MSG

9 The consecrated area reserved for God is to be seven miles long and a little less than three miles wide.

CSB

9 "The [special] portion you donate to the Lord will be eight and one-third [miles] long and three and one-third [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 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 48:9 In-Context

7 “Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.

8 “Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.

9 “The special portion you are to offer to the LORD will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.

10 This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the LORD.

11 This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.

Cross References 1

1. S Ezekiel 45:1

Footnotes 1

[a]. That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18