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Ezekiel 48:20

in Ezekiel 48

The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

KJV

All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

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This verse in Ezekiel 48

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

The entire portion will be a square

on Ezekiel 48:20-22

The whole reserved block is “a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits”, and the remaining land on both sides “will belong to the prince”. His land surrounds the holy portion and the city property. These closing chapters give him the title prince and withhold the title king.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The holy ... with ... - Or, “a fourth part as the holy oblation, for” etc.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַתְּרוּמָ֗הthe contribution

    haterumahH8641 →76 times

  • חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה[will be] five

    chamishahH2568 →343 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִים֙and twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • אֶ֔לֶףthousand [cubits]

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥הby five

    bachamishahH2568 →343 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִ֖יםand twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • אָ֑לֶףthousand [cubits]

    ʾalefH505 →505 times

  • רְבִיעִ֗יתfourth

    reviitH7243 →56 times

  • תָּרִ֙ימוּ֙you will offer up

    tarimuH7311 →190 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of

    terumatH8641 →76 times

  • הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ<the> holiness

    hakodeshH6944 →469 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֲחֻזַּ֖ת[the] possession of

    ʾachuzatH272 →66 times

  • הָעִֽיר׃the city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Hebrews 12:17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.2 worksRevelation 21:16The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.2 worksEzekiel 42:20So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.2 worksEzekiel 45:5An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.2 works

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 12:17

    For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 1:24–31

      Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

    • Matthew 25:11–12

      Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’

    • Matthew 7:23

      Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

    • Hebrews 6:8

      But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

    • Hebrews 10:26–29

      If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

  • Through

    Revelation 21:16

    The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 48:35

      The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”

    • Ezekiel 48:8–20

      Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to…

Where this verse is studied

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 48 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.

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