Ezekiel 45:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.”

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BSBPD

“As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, side by side with the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And of the possession of the city ye give five thousand of breadth, and of length five and twenty thousand, over-against the heave-offering of the holy <FI>portion<Fi> : to all the house of Israel it is.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 45:6 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 48:15The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it
  2. Ezekiel 48:30“These will be the exits of the city:

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