Ezekiel 42:20

¹⁸ He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.

¹⁹ And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.

So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
KJV: 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.
WEB: He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, the length five hundred cubits, and the width five hundred cubits, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
ASV: He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
DARBY: He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
BLB: At the four sides he measured it. A wall [was] unto it round about, a length of five hundred [cubits], and a width of five hundred, to separate between the holy [and] the common.

ÅB: På alle fire sider målte han det; det hadde en mur rundt omkring, fem hundre stenger lang og fem hundre bred, til å skille mellom det hellige og det som ikke var hellig.
[^1]: d.e. i kammerne; ESK 42, 13. 44, 19.
OTB: Slik målte han området på alle fire sider. Det hadde en mur som omga det, fem hundre alen lang og fem hundre alen bred, for å skille det hellige fra det vanlige.
B1930: På alle fire sider målte han det; det hadde en mur rundt omkring, fem hundre stenger lang og fem hundre bred, til å skille mellem det hellige og det som ikke var hellig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 45:2
Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.
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Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
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Ezekiel 40:5
And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
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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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Ezekiel 44:23
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
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Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
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Isaiah 60:18
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.
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Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
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