Ezekiel 48:8

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“Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west side will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west side; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

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  • Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
  • Isa 33:20-22 : 20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two. 21 Instead the LORD will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through. 22 For the LORD, our ruler, the LORD, our commander, the LORD, our king– he will deliver us.
  • Ezek 45:1-6 : 1 The Lord’s Portion of the Land“‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment to the LORD, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. This entire area will be holy. 2 Of this area a square 875 feet by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet set aside for its open space round about. 3 From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles and a width of three and one-third miles; in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place. 4 It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the LORD to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live. 6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles wide and eight and a quarter miles long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.
  • Ezek 48:21 : 21 “The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.
  • Ezek 48:35 : 35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be:‘The LORD Is There.’”
  • Zech 2:11-12 : 11 “Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you. 12 The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
  • Col 2:9 : 9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:“Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.
  • Rev 21:22 : 22 Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God– the All-Powerful– and the Lamb are its temple.
  • Rev 22:3 : 3 And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 48:9-13
    5 verses
    91%

    9The allotment you set apart to the LORD will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

    10These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the LORD will be in the middle.

    11This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did.

    12It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

    13“Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles.

  • Ezek 48:5-7
    3 verses
    85%

    5Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west side, Ephraim will have one portion.

    6Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west side, Reuben will have one portion.

    7Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west side, Judah will have one portion.

  • Ezek 45:1-7
    7 verses
    84%

    1The Lord’s Portion of the Land“‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment to the LORD, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. This entire area will be holy.

    2Of this area a square 875 feet by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet set aside for its open space round about.

    3From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles and a width of three and one-third miles; in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

    4It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the LORD to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

    5An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live.

    6“‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles wide and eight and a quarter miles long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

    7“‘For the prince there will be land on both sides of the holy allotment and the allotted city, alongside the holy allotment and the allotted city, on the west side and on the east side; it will be comparable in length to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border

  • 82%

    20The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

    21“The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.

  • 81%

    15“The remainder, one and two-thirds miles in width and eight and a quarter miles in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it;

    16these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.

    17The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.

    18The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city.

  • 77%

    15Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around.

    16He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

    17He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

    18He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

    19He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.

    20He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

  • 76%

    29This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Sovereign LORD.

    30“These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure,

  • Num 35:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall.

    5“You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns.

  • 74%

    18On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side.

    19On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river, to the Great Sea. This is the south side.

    20On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This is the west side.

  • 16It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

  • 72%

    32On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

    33On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.

    34On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

    35The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be:‘The LORD Is There.’”

  • 71%

    12The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases.

    13The width of the court on the east side, toward the sunrise, is to be seventy-five feet.

  • 71%

    47He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.

    48Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8¾ feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24½ feet and the sides were 5¼ feet on each side.

  • 4Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me,“This is the most holy place.”

  • 70%

    26Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion.

    27Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion.

  • 7The alcoves were 10½ feet long and 10½ feet wide; between the alcoves were 8¾ feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10½ feet.

  • 12There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet on either side.

  • 17The ledge is 24½ feet long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. Its steps face east.”

  • 19Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as 175 feet on the east and on the north.