Ezekiel 48:9

9 "Give that special share of land to me. It will be eight and a fourth miles long and three and a 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 ) .

Ezekiel 48:9 In-Context

7 "Judah will receive one share. It will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.

8 "You must give one share as a special gift to me. It will border the territory of Judah from east to west. It will be eight and a fourth miles wide. It will be as long as the border of each of the territories of the tribes. Its border will run from east to west. The temple will be in the center of that strip of land.

9 "Give that special share of land to me. It will be eight and a fourth miles long and three and a third miles wide.

10 It will be the sacred share of land for the priests. It will be eight and a fourth miles long on the north side. It will be three and a third miles wide on the west side. It will be three and a third miles wide on the east side. And it will be eight and a fourth miles long on the south side. My temple will be in the center of it.

11 "This share of land will be for the priests who are set apart to me. They will come from the family line of Zadok. The members of that family served me faithfully. They did not go down the wrong path as the Levites and other Israelites did.