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The city will be in the center of it <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/48.htm">New Living Translation</a> “An additional strip of land 8 1 / 3 miles long by 1 2 / 3 miles wide, south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use—homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/48.htm">English Standard Version</a> “The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the midst of it shall be the city, <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The 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 <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/48.htm">King James Bible</a> And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/48.htm">New King James Version</a> “The five thousand cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand in length, shall be for common use for the city, for homes and for open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/48.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The remainder, 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And the remainder, 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “And the remainder, 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for places of habitation, and for open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “The remaining [strip of] 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length shall be for the city’s common (secular) use, for a place in which to live and for open country. The city shall be in the midst of it. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “The remaining area, 1 2 /3 miles wide and 8 1 /3 miles long, will be for common use by the city, for both residential and open space. The city will be in the middle of it. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The remaining area, 1 2/3 of a mile wide and 8 1/3 miles long, will be for common use by the city, for both residential and open space. The city will be in the middle of it. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/48.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the midst thereof. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> South of my sacred land will be a section twelve and a half kilometers long and three kilometers wide. It will not be sacred, but will belong to the people of Israel and will include the city of Jerusalem, together with its houses and pastureland. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/48.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A strip of land, 8,750 feet wide by 43,750 feet long, will be left for cities, homes, and pastures. The city will be in the middle of it. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/48.htm">Good News Translation</a> The part of the special area that is left, 10 miles by 2 miles, is not holy, but is for the general use of the people. They may live there and use the land. The city is to be in the center of it, <a href="/isv/ezekiel/48.htm">International Standard Version</a> "The rest, 5,000 units wide and 25,000 units along its front, will serve as a common portion for use by the city for housing and open spaces, since the city is to be in its midst. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The 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 <a href="/net/ezekiel/48.htm">NET Bible</a> "The remainder, one and two-thirds miles in width and eight and a quarter miles in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it; <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "The five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs, and the city shall be in the midst of it. <a href="/web/ezekiel/48.htm">World English Bible</a> “The five thousand cubits that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for pasture lands; and the city shall be in the middle of it. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the five thousand that is left in the breadth, on the front of the twenty-five thousand, is common—for the city, for dwelling, and for outskirt, and the city has been in its midst. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the five thousand that is left in the breadth, on the front of the five and twenty thousand, is common -- for the city, for dwelling, and for suburb, and the city hath been in its midst. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the five thousand being left in the breadth upon the face of the five and twenty thousand, this profane the city for dwelling and for an area, and the city was in the midst of it.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But the five thousand that remain in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But the five thousand that is left over, out of the twenty-five thousand in width, will be a profane place of the city for dwelling and for the suburbs. And the city shall be in the center. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/48.htm">New American Bible</a> The remaining section, five thousand cubits long and twenty-five thousand cubits wide, is profane land, assigned to the city for dwellings and pasture. The city is at its center. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand in length, shall be for ordinary use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the middle of it shall be the city;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the five thousand cubits that are left in the breadth over against the twenty-five thousand cubits shall be common ground for the use of the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the midst of it. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And five thousand that is left next to the entrance, twenty and five thousand. The place is for the city, for the inhabitants and for the suburbs, that the city will be within it<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for open land; and the city shall be in the midst thereof. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But concerning the five thousand that remain in the breadth in the five and twenty thousand, they shall be a suburb to the city for dwelling, and for a space before it: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=14795" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/48.htm">The Portion for the Priests</a> …14They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD. 15<a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: han·nō·w·ṯār (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">The remaining area,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: wa·ḥă·mê·šeṯ (Conj-w:: Number-msc) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">5,000 cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’ă·lā·p̄îm (Number-mp) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: bā·rō·ḥaḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">wide</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥă·miš·šāh (Number-ms) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">and 25,000 cubits long,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: wə·‘eś·rîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2455.htm" title="2455: ḥōl- (N-ms) -- Profaneness, commonness. From chalal; properly, exposed; hence, profane.">will be for common use</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: lā·‘îr (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">by the city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4186.htm" title="4186: lə·mō·wō·šāḇ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Or moshab; from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode; by implication, population.">for houses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4054.htm" title="4054: ū·lə·miḡ·rāš (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Also feminine migrashah; from garash; a suburb; hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea.">and for pastureland.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">The city</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·ḵōh (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">in the center of it</a> 16and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits on the north side, 4,500 cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a> I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Revelation 21:16</a> 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. <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10-11</a> And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, / shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal. <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a> Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. <a href="/revelation/21-24.htm">Revelation 21:24-26</a> By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. / Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there. / And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations. <a href="/isaiah/60-11.htm">Isaiah 60:11</a> Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession. <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Isaiah 60:18</a> No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. <a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Zechariah 14:8-11</a> And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike. / On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone. / All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses. ... <a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">Jeremiah 31:38-40</a> “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. / The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah. / The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.” <a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Isaiah 65:18-19</a> But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight. / I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her. <a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1-2</a> For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch. / Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. <a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Isaiah 62:6-7</a> On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves, / nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. <a href="/zechariah/2-4.htm">Zechariah 2:4-5</a> and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. / For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’” <a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Zechariah 8:3-5</a> This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.” / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. / And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” <a href="/psalms/48-1.htm">Psalm 48:1-2</a> A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain. / Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the middle thereof.a profane.<a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a> Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.<a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Ezekiel 42:20</a> He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.<a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Ezekiel 44:23</a> And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.for the city.<a href="/ezekiel/45-1.htm">Ezekiel 45:1</a> Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.<a href="/ezekiel/45-9.htm">Ezekiel 45:9</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.<a href="/ezekiel/45-10.htm">Ezekiel 45:10</a> Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.<a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Ezekiel 42:15</a> Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.<a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Ezekiel 42:15</a> Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.<a href="/ezekiel/42-17.htm">Ezekiel 42:17</a> He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.<a href="/ezekiel/42-18.htm">Ezekiel 42:18</a> He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.<a href="/ezekiel/42-19.htm">Ezekiel 42:19</a> He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.<a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">1 Timothy 3:15</a> But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/45-6.htm">Area</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-12.htm">Center</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-7.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Common</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-22.htm">Country</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-14.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Five</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-17.htm">Free</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Front</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-24.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-10.htm">Length</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-5.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-8.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-10.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-21.htm">Open</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Ordinary</a> <a href="/joshua/21-11.htm">Pastureland</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">Remainder</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-16.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-8.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-5.htm">Space</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-2.htm">Suburb</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-2.htm">Suburbs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-10.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-16.htm">Use</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/48-18.htm">Area</a> <a href="/daniel/3-1.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-22.htm">Center</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">City</a> <a href="/daniel/2-41.htm">Common</a> <a href="/daniel/8-2.htm">Country</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/daniel/2-11.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm">Five</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Free</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-21.htm">Front</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-18.htm">Length</a> <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-22.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-21.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Open</a> <a href="/john/11-13.htm">Ordinary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Pastureland</a> <a href="/daniel/11-31.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-18.htm">Remainder</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-14.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Space</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Suburb</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Suburbs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-20.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-20.htm">Twenty-Five</a> <a href="/daniel/2-2.htm">Use</a> <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/daniel/3-1.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 48</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/48-1.htm">The portions of the twelve tribes;</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/48-8.htm">of the sanctuary;</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm">of the city and suburbs;</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/48-21.htm">and of the prince.</a> 23. <a href="/ezekiel/48-23.htm">The portions of the twelve tribes.</a> 30. <a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm">The dimensions and gates of the city.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It highlights the careful planning and division of land in Ezekiel's vision, emphasizing the order and structure in God's kingdom.5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long These dimensions indicate a specific and significant area set aside for the city. The use of cubits, an ancient measurement, reflects the historical context of the text. The precision of these measurements underscores the importance of the city in God's plan, symbolizing divine order and purpose.will be for common use by the city This area is designated for the general population, indicating a place of community and daily life. It contrasts with the sacred areas reserved for religious purposes, showing a balance between the sacred and the secular in God's design.for houses, and for pastureland The mention of houses and pastureland suggests a thriving, self-sustaining community. It reflects the agrarian society of ancient Israel, where land was essential for living and livestock. This provision ensures that the needs of the people are met, symbolizing God's care and provision.The city will be in the center of it Placing the city at the center signifies its importance and centrality in the life of the people. It can be seen as a type of Christ, who is central to the life of believers. This central location also reflects the idea of God dwelling among His people, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture, pointing to the ultimate fulfillment in the New Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who received visions and prophecies concerning the restoration of Israel and the establishment of a new temple and city. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_city.htm">The City</a> Refers to the future city described in Ezekiel's vision, which is part of the restored land of Israel. It symbolizes God's presence and order among His people. 3. <a href="/topical/c/common_use.htm">Common Use</a> The designated area for the city is set apart for communal purposes, emphasizing the importance of community and shared resources. 4. <a href="/topical/h/houses_and_pastureland.htm">Houses and Pastureland</a> Indicates the practical needs of the inhabitants, providing for both living spaces and agricultural activities. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_center.htm">The Center</a> The city being in the center signifies its importance and centrality in the life of the restored community, reflecting God's central role in the lives of His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_community.htm">God's Provision for Community</a> God values community and provides for the needs of His people, both spiritually and physically. We are called to foster community and share resources. <a href="/topical/c/centrality_of_god_in_our_lives.htm">Centrality of God in Our Lives</a> Just as the city is central in Ezekiel's vision, God should be central in our lives. We must prioritize our relationship with Him and align our lives around His presence. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a> Ezekiel's vision offers hope for restoration and renewal. In times of personal or communal brokenness, we can trust in God's promise to restore and renew. <a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a> The allocation of land for common use teaches us about stewardship. We are to manage our resources wisely and for the benefit of the community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 48</a> <a href="/q/do_joshua_21_cities_conflict_with_14-20.htm">Do the cities assigned in Joshua 21 conflict with the earlier tribal boundaries in Joshua 14-20?</a> <a href="/q/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_ezekiel_48's_tribes.htm">What archaeological evidence supports the precise tribal divisions described in Ezekiel 48, or is there any at all?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_the_48_levitical_cities.htm">How can we confirm the historical accuracy of the 48 Levitical cities listed in Joshua 21:1-42, given limited archaeological evidence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) The five thousand that are left.--The two strips of territory for the Levites and the priests, each 10,000 reeds wide, being deducted from the whole width of the oblation, leaves a strip of 5,000 wide and 25,000 long which is here apportioned to the city and its suburbs. It is called "profane" in contrast to the "holy" possession of the Levites (<a href="/ezekiel/48-14.htm" title="And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first fruits of the land: for it is holy to the LORD.">Ezekiel 48:14</a>), and the "most holy" of the priests (<a href="/ezekiel/48-12.htm" title="And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.">Ezekiel 48:12</a>), though it was still a part of the oblation.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 15-19. - In the same way the portion for the city receives detailed exposition. Verse 15 gives four particulars. (1) The city portion should consist of the five thousand reeds' breadth of the entire terumah remaining after the deduction of the priests' and Levites' portions. (2) It should lie over against (עַל־פְּנֵי); in front of, and therefore parallel with, the five and twenty thousand cubit-lengths of which these were composed. (3) In character it should be a profane place, i.e. a place devoted to common use as opposed to consecrated ground (comp. Leviticus 10:10) and designed for the city, i.e. for dwelling, and for suburbs, i.e. for the erection of houses, and for an open space or precinct (מִגְרָשׁ) around the city, similar to that around the sanctuary (see <a href="/ezekiel/45-2.htm">Ezekiel 45:2</a>). Among the Romans "a space of ground was left free from buildings, both within and without the walls, which was called pomaerium, and was likewise held sacred" (see Adam's 'Roman Antiquities,' p. 62). . . . <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The remaining area, הַנּוֹתָ֣ר (han·nō·w·ṯār) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve 5,000 [cubits] וַחֲמֵ֨שֶׁת (wa·ḥă·mê·šeṯ) Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five wide בָּרֹ֗חַב (bā·rō·ḥaḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> Breadth, width and 25,000 [cubits long], חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה (ḥă·miš·šāh) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five will be for the common use חֹֽל־ (ḥōl-) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2455.htm">Strong's 2455: </a> Profaneness, commonness of the city, לָעִ֔יר (lā·‘îr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement for houses לְמוֹשָׁ֖ב (lə·mō·wō·šāḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers and pasturelands. וּלְמִגְרָ֑שׁ (ū·lə·miḡ·rāš) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4054.htm">Strong's 4054: </a> A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea The city הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement will be וְהָיְתָ֥ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be in the center בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> A bisection, the centre of it 0 (0) 0 <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 48:15 The five thousand that are left (Ezek. 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