Ezekiel 48:9-11

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

Ezekiel 48:9-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Ezekiel 45:1
• 2. ver 21; S Ezekiel 45:3-4
• 3. S 2 Samuel 8:17
• 4. S Leviticus 8:35
• 5. Ezekiel 14:11; S Ezekiel 44:15

Footnotes

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