Ezekiel - 48:9



9 The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand (reeds) in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 48:9.

Differing Translations

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The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
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.
The heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah is five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.
The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide.
The offering that ye shall set apart unto the LORD shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
The first-fruits, which you shall separate to the Lord, shall be, in length, twenty-five thousand, and in width, ten thousand.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The oblation - This was a portion of land twenty-five thousand cubits in length, by ten thousand broad; in the center of which was the temple, which must be destined for the use of the priests, the Levites, and the prince.

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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