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And from this measured area you shall measure a length of twenty-five[a] thousand cubits[b] and a width of ten thousand cubits,[c] and in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.[d] It[e] is a holy portion from the land; it will be for the priests, the servants of the sanctuary who approach[f] to serve Yahweh, and it will be for them a place for houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. And an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width will be for the Levites, the servants of the temple. It will serve as property for them as cities to dwell in.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:3 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
  2. Ezekiel 45:3 That is, 8.33 miles; cf. 45:5
  3. Ezekiel 45:3 That is, 3.5 miles; cf. 45:5
  4. Ezekiel 45:3 Literally “the holiness of holinesses”
  5. Ezekiel 45:4 Or “this area”
  6. Ezekiel 45:4 Literally “the ones who approach”
  7. Ezekiel 45:5 Literally “twenty chambers”