‏ Ezekiel 45:1

The Lord’s Portion of the Land

1 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment
tn Heb “a contribution.”
to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be miles
tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers). The measuring units here are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard miles (one mile = 5,280 feet), with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes.
and the width 3⅓ miles.
tc The LXX reads “20,000 cubits.”
tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
This entire area will be holy.
tn Heb “holy it is in all its territory round about.”
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