Ezekiel 48:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.”

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BSBPD

“The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“All the heave-offering <FI>is<Fi> five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, square do ye lift up the heave-offering of the holy <FI>portion<Fi> with the possession of the city.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 48:20 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Hebrews 12:17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
  2. Revelation 21:16The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

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