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Ezekiel 45:2

Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text records a divine directive given during a vision concerning the division of the land, specifying exact dimensions for a designated sanctuary area.

The words — The Hebrew יִהְיֶה (yih.Yeh, "it will be") and הַקֹּדֶשׁ (ha./Ko.desh, "the holy place") anchor the sanctuary's location as a fixed, divinely established reality rather than a human proposal.

The thread — The measurement of five hundred cubits for a sacred boundary reappears in the temple court specifications at Ezekiel 42:16.

Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that holy space is demarcated by precise divine instruction, requiring exact obedience to measured boundaries rather than adaptable human planning.

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The Hebrew words

יִהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehit will beמִזֶּה֙mi./Zehsome of/ thisאֶל־'el-toהַקֹּ֔דֶשׁha./Ko.deshthe/ holy placeחֲמֵ֥שׁcha.Meshfiveמֵא֛וֹתme.'othundred [cubits]בַּחֲמֵ֥שׁba./cha.Meshby/ fiveמֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred [cubits]מְרֻבָּ֣עme.ru.Ba'squareסָבִ֑יבsa.Vivall aroundוַחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםva./cha.mi.Shimand/ fiftyאַמָּ֔ה'a.Mahcubit[s]מִגְרָ֥שׁmig.Rashopen landל֖וֹl/o[will belong] to/ itסָבִֽיב׃sa.Vivall around

King James Version

Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

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