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Ezekiel 48:15

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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.

And the five {H2568} thousand {H505}, that are left {H3498} in the breadth {H7341} over against {H6440} the five {H2568} and twenty {H6242} thousand {H505}, shall be a profane {H2455} place for the city {H5892}, for dwelling {H4186}, and for suburbs {H4054}: and the city {H5892} shall be in the midst {H8432} thereof.

"'The 5,000 [cubits, that is, the one-and-a-half miles] that are left of the width is to be for the common use of the city, for housing and for open fields. The city will be inside it.

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

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.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 45:6 (4 votes)

    And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy [portion]: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 42:20 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Ezekiel 44:23 (2 votes)

    And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  • Ezekiel 22:26 (2 votes)

    Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

  • 1 Timothy 3:15 (2 votes)

    But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.