^48:10These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles⁶ in length, toward the west three and one-third miles⁷ in width, toward the east three and one-third miles⁸ in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles⁹ in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

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Footnotes

6 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
7 Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
8 Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
9 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring 25,000 cubits on the northern side, 10,000 cubits in breadth on the western side, 10,000 in breadth on the eastern side, and 25,000 in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the midst of it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This will be the sacred 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 of it will be the sanctuary of the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This holy donation will be set apart for the priests alone. It will be 8⅓ miles long on the northern side, 3⅓ miles wide on the western side, 3⅓ miles wide on the eastern side, and 8⅓ miles long on the southern side. The Lord’s sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the priests there will be a strip of land measuring 8⅓ miles long by 3⅓ miles wide, with the Lord’s Temple at the center.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And to these shall be the holy district: to the priests northwards twenty-five thousand cubits, and westwards its width ten thousand cubits, and eastwards its width ten thousand cubits, and southwards its length twenty-five thousand cubits, and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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