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Ezekiel 48:15 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
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The city will be in the center of it<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/48.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/48.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane <i>place</i> for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“The five thousand <i>cubits</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The remainder, five thousand <i>cubits</i> in width <i>and</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the remainder, 5,000 <i>cubits</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“And the remainder, 5,000 <i>cubits</i> in width and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for <i>places of</i> habitation, and for open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The remaining [strip of] 5,000 <i>cubits</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But <i>concerning</i> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></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><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/48.htm">The Portion for the Priests</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>They 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. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><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> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>and 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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a></span><br />I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Revelation 21:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10-11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1-2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-24.htm">Revelation 21:24-26</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-11.htm">Isaiah 60:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Isaiah 60:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Zechariah 14:8-11</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">Jeremiah 31:38-40</a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-18.htm">Isaiah 65:18-19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1-2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Isaiah 62:6-7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/2-4.htm">Zechariah 2:4-5</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Zechariah 8:3-5</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/48-1.htm">Psalm 48:1-2</a></span><br />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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">a profane.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a></b></br> 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 <i>difference</i> between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Ezekiel 42:20</a></b></br> He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred <i>reeds</i> long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/44-23.htm">Ezekiel 44:23</a></b></br> And they shall teach my people <i>the difference</i> between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.</p><p class="hdg">for the city.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/45-1.htm">Ezekiel 45:1</a></b></br> 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 <i>shall be</i> the length of five and twenty thousand <i>reeds</i>, and the breadth <i>shall be</i> ten thousand. This <i>shall be</i> holy in all the borders thereof round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/45-9.htm">Ezekiel 45:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/45-10.htm">Ezekiel 45:10</a></b></br> Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Ezekiel 42:15</a></b></br> Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect <i>is</i> toward the east, and measured it round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Ezekiel 42:15</a></b></br> Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect <i>is</i> toward the east, and measured it round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-17.htm">Ezekiel 42:17</a></b></br> He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-18.htm">Ezekiel 42:18</a></b></br> He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-19.htm">Ezekiel 42:19</a></b></br> He turned about to the west side, <i>and</i> measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">1 Timothy 3:15</a></b></br> 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.</p><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 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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><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-1.htm">The portions of the twelve tribes;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-8.htm">of the sanctuary;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm">of the city and suburbs;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-21.htm">and of the prince.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-23.htm">The portions of the twelve tribes.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm">The dimensions and gates of the city.</a></span><br></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div 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href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The remaining area</b><br>This phrase refers to the portion of land that is set apart after the allocation of the sacred district and the land for the priests and Levites. It highlights the careful planning and division of land in Ezekiel's vision, emphasizing the order and structure in God's kingdom.<p><b>5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long</b><br>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.<p><b>will be for common use by the city</b><br>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.<p><b>for houses, and for pastureland</b><br>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.<p><b>The city will be in the center of it</b><br>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. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who received visions and prophecies concerning the restoration of Israel and the establishment of a new temple and city.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_city.htm">The City</a></b><br>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.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/common_use.htm">Common Use</a></b><br>The designated area for the city is set apart for communal purposes, emphasizing the importance of community and shared resources.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/houses_and_pastureland.htm">Houses and Pastureland</a></b><br>Indicates the practical needs of the inhabitants, providing for both living spaces and agricultural activities.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_center.htm">The Center</a></b><br>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><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_community.htm">God's Provision for Community</a></b><br>God values community and provides for the needs of His people, both spiritually and physically. We are called to foster community and share resources.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/centrality_of_god_in_our_lives.htm">Centrality of God in Our Lives</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a></b><br>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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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) <span class= "bld">The five thousand that are left.</span>--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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 15-19</span>. - In the same way the portion for the city receives detailed exposition. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15</span> gives four particulars. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> The city portion should consist of the <span class="cmt_word">five thousand reeds' breadth</span> of the entire terumah remaining after the deduction of the priests' and Levites' portions. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> It should lie <span class="cmt_word">over against</span> (<span class="hebrew">עַל־פְּנֵי</span>); <span class="accented">in front of</span>, and therefore parallel with, the five and twenty thousand cubit-lengths of which these were composed. <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> In character it should be <span class="cmt_word">a profane place</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> a place devoted to common use as opposed to consecrated ground (comp. <span class="accented">Leviticus</span> 10:10) and designed for the city, <span class="accented">i.e. <span class="cmt_word"></span>for dwelling, and for suburbs</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> for the erection of houses, and for an open space or precinct (<span class="hebrew">מִגְרָשׁ</span>) 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 <span class="accented">pomaerium</span>, and was likewise held sacred" (see Adam's 'Roman Antiquities,' p. 62). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The remaining area,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנּוֹתָ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(han·nō·w·ṯār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">5,000 [cubits]</span><br /><span class="heb">וַחֲמֵ֨שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(wa·ḥă·mê·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wide</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּרֹ֗חַב</span> <span class="translit">(bā·rō·ḥaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Breadth, width</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and 25,000 [cubits long],</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·miš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be for the common use</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḥōl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2455.htm">Strong's 2455: </a> </span><span class="str2">Profaneness, commonness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the city,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָעִ֔יר</span> <span class="translit">(lā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for houses</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמוֹשָׁ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·wō·šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and pasturelands.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְמִגְרָ֑שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·miḡ·rāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4054.htm">Strong's 4054: </a> </span><span class="str2">A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The city</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיְתָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the center</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·w·ḵōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of it</span><br /><span class="heb">0</span> <span class="translit">(0)</span><br /><span class="parse">0<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/48-15.htm">Ezekiel 48:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 48:15 The five thousand that are left (Ezek. 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