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Ezekiel 48:10

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Ezekiel 48:10 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    These will be the assignments of this holy portion of land: The priests will have land assigned to them measuring twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the north side; ten thousand cubits in width on the west side; ten thousand cubits in width on the east side; and twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the south side, with the holy place of Yahweh in the middle of it.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And for these, even for the priests, shall be the holy oblation: toward the north five and twenty thousand `in length', and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst thereof.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And for these, even for the priests, shall be the holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And for them, euen for the Priestes shalbe this holy oblation, towarde the North fiue and twentie thousande long, and towarde the West, ten thousande broade, and towarde the East ten thousand broad, and towarde the South fiue and twentie thousand long, and the Sanctuarie of the Lord shalbe in the middes thereof.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And these shall be the firstfruits of the sanctuary for the priests: toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the sea ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east also ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And of these is the holy heave-offering for the priests, northward five and twenty thousand, and westward `in' breadth ten thousand, and eastward `in' breadth ten thousand, and southward `in' length five and twenty thousand: and the sanctuary of Jehovah hath been in its midst.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And of these is the holy raised-offering for the priests, northward twenty-five thousand, and westward ten thousand [in] breadth, and eastward ten thousand [in] breadth, and southward twenty-five thousand [in] length: and the sanctuary of YHWH has been in its midst.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    These will be the assignments of this holy portion of land: The priests will have land assigned to them measuring twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the north side; ten thousand cubits in width on the west side; ten thousand cubits in width on the east side; and twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the south side, with the holy place of Yahweh in the middle of it.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    These will be the assignments of this holy portion of land: The priests will have land assigned to them measuring twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the north side; ten thousand cubits in width on the west side; ten thousand cubits in width on the east side; and twenty-five thousand cubits in length on the south side, with the holy place of Yahweh in the middle of it.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And for them, for the priests, shall be the holy heave-offering, toward the north five and twenty thousand, and toward the west the breadth ten thousand, and toward the east the breadth ten thousand, and toward the south the length five and twenty thousand: and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst of it.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the middle of it.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; towards the north five and twenty thousand in length, and towards the west ten thousand in breadth, and towards the east ten thousand in breadth, and towards the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst of it.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    This is to be the holy allocation for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north and south sides, and 10,000 cubits wide on the west and east sides. The sanctuary will be in the middle of it.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And for these, that is the priests, the holy offering is to be twenty-five thousand long to the north, ten thousand wide to the west, ten thousand wide to the east and twenty-five thousand long to the south; and the holy place of the Lord will be in the middle of it.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And for these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

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וְקָדִ֗ימָה
qâdîym
H6921
“and · east · toward”
Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute + Suffix, Demonstrative
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6923

TWOT: 1988d

east, east wind - east (of direction) - east wind
  1. וּ֠לְאֵ֜לֶּה ʼêl-leh H428 “and · to/for · these” Conjunction + Preposition + Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural
  2. תִּהְיֶ֣ה hâyâh H1961 “to be” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  3. תְרֽוּמַת tᵉrûwmâh H8641 “offering of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  4. הַקֹּדֶשׁ֮ qôdesh H6944 “the · holiness” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  5. לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֒ kôhên H3548 “to/for the · priests” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  6. צָפ֜וֹנָה tsâphôwn H6828 “north · toward” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute + Suffix, Demonstrative
  7. חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה châmêsh H2568 “five” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  8. וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים ʻesrîym H6242 “and · twenty” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  9. אֶ֗לֶף ʼeleph H505 “thousand” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Singular, Absolute
  10. וְיָ֨מָּה֙ yâm H3220 “and · sea · toward” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute + Suffix, Demonstrative
  11. רֹ֚חַב rôchab H7341 “breadth” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  12. עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת ʻeser H6235 “ten” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. אֲלָפִ֔ים ʼeleph H505 “thousand” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  14. רֹ֚חַב rôchab H7341 “breadth” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  15. עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת ʻeser H6235 “ten” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  16. אֲלָפִ֔ים ʼeleph H505 “thousand” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  17. וְנֶ֕גְבָּה negeb H5045 “and · south · toward” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute + Suffix, Demonstrative
  18. אֹ֕רֶךְ ʼôrek H753 “length of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  19. חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה châmêsh H2568 “five” Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  20. וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים ʻesrîym H6242 “and · twenty” Conjunction + Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute
  21. אָ֑לֶף ʼeleph H505 “thousand” Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Singular, Absolute
  22. וְהָיָ֥ה hâyâh H1961 “and · to be” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  23. מִקְדַּשׁ miqdâsh H4720 “sanctuary of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  24. יְהוָ֖ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  25. בְּתוֹכֽוֹ tâvek H8432 “in/at · midst · his” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

26
words
18
distinct lemmas
Prophets
section

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 13 nouns
  • 10 adjectives
  • 1 pronoun

Verb forms

  • תִּהְיֶ֣ה Qal · Imperfect
  • וְהָיָ֥ה Qal · Sequential Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • אֶ֗לֶף thousand H505 ×4
  • תִּהְיֶ֣ה to be H1961 ×2
  • חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה five H2568 ×2
  • וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים twenty H6242 ×2
  • רֹ֚חַב breadth H7341 ×2
  • עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת ten H6235 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 54 words from the Hebrew and 44 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 26 Hebrew tokens and 43 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Ezekiel 48:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Ezekiel 45:4 It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
  • Ezekiel 44:28 They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
  • Numbers 35:1–9 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
  • Joshua 21:1–45 Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;
  • Matthew 10:10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:13–14 Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Ezekiel 48:10 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּ֠לְאֵ֜לֶּה תִּהְיֶ֣ה תְרֽוּמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ֮ לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֒ צָפ֜וֹנָה חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֗לֶף וְיָ֨מָּה֙ רֹ֚חַב עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֔ים וְקָדִ֗ימָה רֹ֚חַב עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֔ים וְנֶ֕גְבָּה אֹ֕רֶךְ חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וְהָיָ֥ה מִקְדַּשׁ יְהוָ֖ה בְּתוֹכֽוֹ

For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezekiel 48:10 Septuagint · lemma form

οὗτος εἰμί ὁ ἀπαρχή ὁ ἅγιος ὁ ἱερεύς πρός βορέας πέντε καί εἴκοσι χιλιάς καί πρός θάλασσα πλάτος δέκα χιλιάς καί πρός ἀνατολή πλάτος δέκα χιλιάς καί πρός νότος μῆκος εἴκοσι καί πέντε χιλιάς καί ὁ ὄρος ὁ ἅγιος εἰμί ἐν μέσος αὐτός

Out of this shall be the first fruits of the holy things to the priests, northward, five and twenty-thousand, and towards the west, ten thousand, and southward, five and twenty thousand: and the mountain of the sanctuary, shall be in the midst of it,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וּלְאִלֵין תְּהֵי אַפְרָשׁוּת קוּדְשָׁא לְכַהֲנַיָא צִפּוּנָא עַסְרִין וְחַמְשָׁא אַלְפִין וּלְמַעֲרְבָא פּוּתְיָא עַסְרָא אַלְפִין וּלְמַדִינְחָא פּוּתְיָא עַסְרָא אַלְפִין וּלְדָרוֹמָא אוּרְכָּא עַסְרִין וְחַמְשָׁא אַלְפִין וִיהֵי כֵיבַשׁ מַקְדְשָׁא דַייָ בְּגַוֵיהּ:

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Ezekiel 48:10 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Eze 48:10 And for them, [even] for the priests, shall be [this] holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

Ver. 10. And for them, even for the priests.] No mention is here made of cities of refuge, as of old; "for they shall not hurt nor destroy in all God’s holy mountain: but the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." {Isa 11:9}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

10. And for them … priests] And for these shall be the holy oblation, even for the priests: on the north … and on the west … and on the east … and on the south.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And they shall not sell of it,.... Any part of it that is allotted to them, neither the priests nor the Levites; simony is not to be practised:

neither exchange; for any other land in lieu of it:

nor alienate the first fruits of the land; or appropriate them to any other use than that of the priests and Levites: whatever is appointed for ecclesiastic uses ought not to be converted to any other; nor should church privileges be parted with on any account: ministers and other officers, nay, even private Christians, should not part with their Christian liberty, nor with any of the doctrines and ordinances of the Gospel:

for it is holy unto the Lord; what is separated and devoted to religious uses is sacred to the Lord.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Toward the north ... toward the east ... - i. e., the measurements are “along the north and east sides,” etc.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

For the priests; who are more particularly described Eze 48:11, which see.

Toward the north; the north side, in length from north-east to north-west.

Toward the west; from south-west to north-west point, between which points lay the west side.

Toward the east; between north-east and south-east points, which made the east border.

Toward the south; from south-east by line drawn to south-west, the same measure with the north.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

The priests will have land assigned to them

This can be translated in active form. AT: "The leaders of the Israelites will assign land to the priests" (See: Active or Passive)

twenty-five thousand cubits ... ten thousand cubits

Each long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 40:5. AT: "25,000 cubits ... 10,000 cubits" or "13.5 kilometers ... 5.4 kilometers" (See: Biblical Distance)

The offering for them will be a portion of this most holy land

"This smaller portion within the holy portion of the land will belong to these priests, a portion that is more holy than the rest of the holy portion of the land"

translationWords

holy

priest

holy place

consecrate

Zadok

servant

faithful

astray

Israel

Levi

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

And these shall be the offering of the Sanctuary for the priests [Heb. וּלְאַלָה.] And these 10,000 in width and 25,000 in length shall be for the priests in the north in the midst of the strips of the great offering alongside the south of Judah.

to the north 25,000 That is the length from east to west.

and to the west the width is 10,000 The western border is 10,000 wide from north to south.

and to the east the width is 10,000 The eastern side is 10,000 from north to south.

and to the south the length is 25, 000 from east to west.

and the Sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst This is the Temple Mount. Five hundred rods by 500 rods shall be in the center of this strip, and all its surrounding area shall belong to the priests: 12,250 to the east and likewise to the west and in the width, 4,750 to the north and likewise to the south, as stated above (45:2) “of this, there shall be for the Sanctuary five hundred by five hundred, square.”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

Ezekiel, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 26 words (18 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is qâdîym (“east”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word qâdîym carries the sense “east.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. Ezekiel 45:4 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “thousand” occurs 4× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. The verb «תִּהְיֶ֣ה» is Qal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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Old Testament
Old Testament edition

Read the OT as the Masoretic Hebrew (MT) or the Greek Septuagint (LXX).

English shown for the Greek Septuagint (in the Hebrew ↔ Greek comparison).

Comparing translations? Open the Compare panel on any verse page to stack up to four side by side.