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10 And to these shall be the holy district:[a] to the priests northwards twenty-five thousand cubits,[b] and westwards its width ten thousand cubits,[c] and eastwards its width ten thousand cubits,[d] and southwards its length twenty-five thousand cubits,[e] and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it. 11 To the priests, the ones being consecrated from the descendants[f] of Zadok, who took care of my service and who did not go astray[g] when the Israelites went astray,[h] just as[i] the Levites went astray. 12 And it will be for them a special gift from the contribution of the land as a most holy object[j] next to the territory of the Levites.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:10 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
  2. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 8.33 miles
  3. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 3.5 miles
  4. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 3.5 miles
  5. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 8.33 miles
  6. Ezekiel 48:11 Or “sons”
  7. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “who not they went astray”
  8. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “at going astray the children of Israel”
  9. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “as that”
  10. Ezekiel 48:12 Literally “as a holiness of holinesses”