Ezekiel 48:9
 Ezekiel 48:9 
New International Version (©2011)
"The special portion you are to offer to the LORD will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"The area set aside for the LORD's Temple will be 8-1/3 miles long and 6-2/3 miles wide.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The portion that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000 in breadth.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The special portion you donate to the LORD will be 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The Terumah that you are to give to the LORD is to be 25,000 units wide."

NET Bible (©2006)
The allotment you set apart to the LORD will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
This special land that you set aside for the LORD will be 43,750 feet long and 17,500 feet wide.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The district that you shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in width.

American King James Version
The oblation that you shall offer to the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

American Standard Version
The oblation that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The firstfruits which you shall set apart for the Lord : shall be the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand.

Darby Bible Translation
The heave-offering that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

English Revised Version
The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

Webster's Bible Translation
The oblation that ye shall offer to the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

World English Bible
The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

Young's Literal Translation
The heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah is five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

48:1-35 Here is a description of the several portions of the land belonging to each tribe. In gospel times, behold all things are become new. Much is wrapped up in emblems and numbers. This method God has used to state mysterious truths in his word, not to be more clearly revealed till the proper time and season. But into the church of Christ, both in its state of warfare and triumph, there is free access by faith, from every side. Christ has opened the kingdom of heaven for all believers. Whoever will, may come, and take of the water of life, of the tree of life, freely. The Lord is there, in his church, to be nigh unto them in all they call upon him for. This is true of every real Christian; whatever soul has in it a living principle of grace, it may truly be said, The Lord is there. May we be found citizens of this holy city, and act agreeably to that character; and have the benefit of the Lord's presence with us, in life, in death, and for evermore.


Pulpit Commentary

Verses 9-12 refer to the priests' portion proper, setting forth

(1) its dimensions, 25,000 reeds along the north and south boundaries from east to west, and 10,000 reeds from north to south along the east and west sides, so that it should form an oblong or rectangle of 25,000 × 10,000 reeds - 548 square (geographical) miles;

(2) its relation to the sanctuary, which should stand in its midst, in this case should occupy the exact geographical center;

(3) its destination, viz. for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok - better than "that which is sanctified is for the priests," as Ewald and Hitzig propose;

(4) its character, most holy; and

(5) its petition, by the border of the Levites, i.e. with the Levites portion adjoining it, but whether on the north or the south is not stated, and cannot yet be determined (see on ver. 22).


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.


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The Portion for the Tribes
7And by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Judah. 8And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. 9The oblation that you shall offer to the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

Ezekiel 45:1 "'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to the LORD a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide; the entire area will be holy.
Ezekiel 48:8 "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.
Ezekiel 48:10 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.