וּ֠לְאֵ֜לֶּה תִּהְיֶ֣ה תְרֽוּמַת־הַקֹּדֶשׁ֮ לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֒ צָפ֜וֹנָה חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים אֶ֗לֶף וְיָ֙מָּה֙ רֹ֚חַב עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֔ים וְקָדִ֗ימָה רֹ֚חַב עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֔ים וְנֶ֕גְבָּה אֹ֕רֶךְ חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וְהָיָ֥ה מִקְדַּשׁ־יְהוָ֖ה בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃
C’est aux pontifes que revient la portion sainte qui aura, au Nord, vingt-cinq mille coudées, dix mille de large à l’Ouest, dix mille de large à l’Est, et au Sud, vingt-cinq mille de long, et le Sanctuaire de l’Éternel sera au milieu.
The Third Beit HaMikdash
Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel writes, “In addition to all the above, there will be the 50 cubits of the empty space around the city.” This does not appear accurate, for if it were so, the three strips of land to be separated from the Great Terumah will not be the same size. Instead, the strip of land designated for the kohanim, in which the Beis HaMikdash is located, will be 50 cubits longer on each of its four sides because of the extra empty space around the Beis HaMikdash. This is problematic because Scripture always describes the three strips as being equal, i.e., the strip for the kohanim and the Levites are of the same width and length,2See Yechezkel 48:13. and the strip of the city has the same length as the other two.3See Yechezkel 48:10. Similarly, the narrative later combines all three strips, and describes them as a square when discussing, “the entire Terumah,” as will be explained in sec. 83.