Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 48:13

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 13) But the Levites shall have a portion like the priests, consisting of twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width; the whole length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width ten thousand cubits. The possession of the Levites is also described, which is indeed adjacent to t…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

Original

13And the Levites shall have the part, next to the borders of the priests, in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth ten thousand: the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand.

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11for the priests, for the consecrated sons of Zadok, who keep the charges of the house, who erred not in the error of the children of Israel, as the Levites erred.

12And the firstfruits shall be given to them out of the firstfruits of the land, even a most holy portion from the borders of the Levites.

— Ezekiel 48:13 —

14No part of it shall be sold, nor measured as for sale, neither shall the firstfruits of the land be taken away: for they are holy to the Lord.

15But concerning the five thousand that remain in the breadth in the five and twenty thousand, they shall be a suburb to the city for dwelling, and for a space before it: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

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