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Ezekiel 48:15

13 Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits.

14 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.

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

16 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.

17 The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.

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BSB
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
KJV
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 thereof.
WEB
“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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a common [place] for the city, for dwellings and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst of it.
BLB
And the five thousand that are remaining in width, along the edge of the five and twenty thousand, [is] for common use; it [is] for the city, for dwellings, and for pastureland; and the city will be in the middle of it.
ÅB
De fem tusen stenger som er tilovers av bredden, langsmed de fem og tyve tusen, skal ikke være hellig land; det skal være til bruk for staden, til boliger og til jorder, og midt i der skal staden være.
OTB
"Det gjenværende området, fem tusen alen bredt og tjuefem tusen alen langt, skal være til allmenn bruk for byen, for hus og for beitemark; byen skal være i midten av det.
B1930
De fem tusen stenger som er tilovers av bredden, langsmed de fem og tyve tusen, skal ikke være hellig land; det skal være til bruk for staden, til boliger og til jorder, og midt i der skal staden være.

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  • Ezekiel 45:6

    As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.

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  • Ezekiel 42:20

    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.

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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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  • 1 Timothy 3:15

    in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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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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