Ezekiel
Ezekiel 45:1
1“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide.a This entire tract of land will be holy.
Footnotes
- a 45:1 LXX; the holy portion was to be approximately 8.3 miles long and 6.6 miles wide (13.3 kilometers long and 10.7 kilometers wide). Hebrew 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 wide. See also verses 3 and 5 and Ezekiel 48:9|EZK 48:9.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When you divide the land | הָאָ֜רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| by lot | וּבְהַפִּֽילְכֶ֨ם | ū·ḇə·hap·pî·lə·ḵem | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural | H5307 fall, lie |
| as an inheritance | בְּנַחֲלָ֗ה | bə·na·ḥă·lāh | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular | H5159 possession, property, inheritance |
| you are to set aside | תָּרִימוּ֩ | tā·rî·mū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H7311 be high, exalted, rise |
| a portion | תְרוּמָ֨ה | ṯə·rū·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H8641 contribution, offering |
| for the LORD | לַיהוָ֥ה׀ | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| a holy | קֹדֶשׁ֮ | qō·ḏeš | Noun - masculine singular | H6944 sacred, sanctity |
| portion of | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the land | הָאָרֶץ֒ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| 25,000 | חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה | ḥă·miš·šāh | Number - masculine singular | H2568 five |
| long | אֹ֗רֶךְ | ’ō·reḵ | Noun - masculine singular | H753 length |
| and 20,000 | עֲשָׂ֣רָה | ‘ă·śā·rāh | Number - masculine singular | H6235 ten |
| wide | וְרֹ֖חַב | wə·rō·ḥaḇ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H7341 breadth, width |
| This | ה֥וּא | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| entire | בְכָל־ | ḇə·ḵāl- | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| tract of land | גְּבוּלָ֖הּ | gə·ḇū·lāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H1366 border, boundary, territory |
| will be holy | קֹדֶשׁ־ | qō·ḏeš- | Noun - masculine singular | H6944 sacred, sanctity |
Cross-references
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Ezekiel 48:29 · Zechariah 14:20–21 · Numbers 34:13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.