Ezekiel 45:6
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And you 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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And you 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And as the property for the town you are to have a part five thousand wide and twenty-five thousand long, by the side of the offering of the holy part of the land: this is to be for all the children of Israel.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Clarke's Ezekiel 45:6 Bible Commentary
Ye shall appoint - See the plan, FF.
Barnes's Ezekiel 45:6 Bible Commentary
This portion is to belong to the whole people, not to be subject to the encroachments made by the later kings of Judah Jeremiah 22:13. The Levites' portion 10,000 reeds, the priests' portion 10,000 reeds, and the city portion 5,000 reeds. make in all 25,000 reeds from north to south. The measure of each of these portions from east to west has been defined to be 25,000 reeds (Ezekiel 45:1 note), and thus we have a square of 25,000 in all.
Wesley's Ezekiel 45:6 Bible Commentary
45:6 The possession — Land to be a possession to the citizens of Jerusalem, and to be the content of the city.
Broad — About two miles and half broad, and twelve miles and half long.
Long — This must run along parallel in length with the holy portion, though but half its breadth.
For the whole house — As the capital city, to which the tribe's resort, it must be large enough to entertain them.
