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running along the border of the tribe of Ephraim from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter, the tribe of Reuben with one portion; and running along the border of the tribe of Reuben from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter, the tribe of Judah with one portion.”

Israel’s National Temple Allotment

“Running along the border of the tribe of Judah from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter you are to set apart the Terumah,[a] 25,000 units[b] wide, with its east-west length equal to one of the other apportionments, from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter, with the Temple in the middle of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:8 Lit. Gift; i.e. a special section of Israel’s land to be dedicated to the Lord as a national temple park, and so throughout the chapter; cf. Eze 45:1-7
  2. Ezekiel 48:8 The Heb. lacks units; i.e. the measuring unit is unspecified throughout the chapter