In this area there will be a square section[a] for the sanctuary, 875 by 875 feet,[b](A) with 87½ feet[c] of open space all around it. From this holy portion,[d] you will measure off an area 8⅓ miles[e] long and 3⅓ miles[f] wide, in which the sanctuary, the most holy place,(B) will stand.[g] It will be a holy area of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to serve the Lord.(C) It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:2 Lit square all around
  2. Ezekiel 45:2 Lit 500 by 500 [cubits]
  3. Ezekiel 45:2 Lit 50 cubits
  4. Ezekiel 45:3 Lit this measured [portion]
  5. Ezekiel 45:3 Lit 25,000 [cubits]
  6. Ezekiel 45:3 Lit 10,000 [cubits]
  7. Ezekiel 45:3 Lit be

Of this, a section 500 cubits[a] square(A) is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[b] around it for open land. In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[c] wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests,(B) who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the Lord. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 875 feet or about 265 meters
  2. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters
  3. Ezekiel 45:3 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verse 5

Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

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