The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.
Parallel translations
- WEB The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width.
- KJV The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
- NKJV “The district that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.
- NASB The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.
- NLT “The area set aside for the Lord’s Temple will be 8-1/3 miles long and 6-2/3 miles wide.
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Quick answer
The portion offered to the LORD measures twenty-five thousand by ten thousand reeds. A large, defined tract is dedicated wholly to God.
Overview
The dimensions of the holy offering are specified, marking out land set apart for the LORD's service. Dedicating the central, generous portion to God expresses that He holds first place. This priority of God's claim foreshadows the call to seek first His kingdom, fully honored in Christ (Matt. 6:33).
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