“And you will give the city an area that is 5,000 cubits {\cf2\super [432]} wide and 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [433]} long. It will be along the side of the holy area. It will be for all the family of Israel.
Ezekiel 48:18 - Easy To Read Version What is left of the length along the side of the holy area will be 10,000 cubits {\cf2\super [479]} on the east and 10,000 cubits on the west. This land will be along the side of the holy area. This land will grow food for the city workers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The remainder of the length along beside the holy portion shall be 10,000 [measures] to the east and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be along beside the holy portion. The produce from it shall be for food for those who work in the city. American Standard Version (1901) And the residue in the length, answerable unto the holy oblation, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable unto the holy oblation; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that labor in the city. Common English Bible The remaining area alongside the holy portion is 2.84 miles on the east and 2.84 miles on the west. These areas that adjoin the holy portion will produce the food for the city’s workers. Catholic Public Domain Version Now what will remain of the length, in accord with the first-fruits of the sanctuary, ten thousand in the east, and ten thousand in the west, shall be as the first-fruits of the sanctuary. And its produce will be for the bread of those who serve the city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the residue in length by the firstfruits of the sanctuary, ten thousand toward the east, and ten thousand toward the west, shall be as the firstfruits of the sanctuary: and the fruits thereof shall be for bread to them that serve the city. |
“And you will give the city an area that is 5,000 cubits {\cf2\super [432]} wide and 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [433]} long. It will be along the side of the holy area. It will be for all the family of Israel.
The city will have grasslands. These grasslands will be 250 cubits {\cf2\super [478]} on the north and 250 cubits on the south. They will be 250 cubits on the east and 250 cubits on the west.
The city workers will till this land. The workers will be from all the family groups of Israel.
Joshua made the people of Gibeon become slaves of the people of Israel. They cut wood and carried water for the people of Israel and for the altar of the Lord—wherever the Lord chose it to be. Those people are still slaves today.