Ezekiel 48:9

9 The consecrated area reserved for God is to be seven miles long and a little less than three 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 "Judah: one portion, bordering Reuben from east to west.

8 "Bordering Judah from east to west is the consecrated area that you will set aside as holy: a square approximately seven by seven miles, with the Sanctuary set at the center.

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

10 "This is how it will be parceled out. The priest will get the area measuring seven miles on the north and south boundaries, with a width of a little more than three miles at the east and west boundaries. The Sanctuary of God will be at the center.

11 This is for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites who stayed true in their service to me and didn't get off track as the Levites did when Israel wandered off the main road.