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Ezekiel 48:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" All the offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand. You shall offer it as a holy offering, with the possession of the city. "
Ezekiel 48:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
18 The remainder of the length, alongside the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward; and it shall be alongside the holy offering. Its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city.
19 Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
20 All the offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand. You shall offer it as a holy offering, with the possession of the city.
21 “The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. The holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.
22 Moreover, from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the middle of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
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Ezekiel 48:1
"“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion."
Ezekiel 48:2
"“By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion."
Ezekiel 48:3
"“By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion."
Ezekiel 48:4
"“By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion."
Ezekiel 48:5
"“By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion."
Ezekiel 48:6
"“By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion."
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