# five thousand cubits ... twenty-five thousand cubits

"5000 cubits ... 25,000 cubits." Each long cubit was about 54 centimeters. See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 40:5](../40/05.md). Alternate translation: "almost 2.3 kilometers ... about 13.5 kilometers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# will be for the collective use of the city

"will be an area that all the people of the city will share and use"

# the houses, and the pastureland

"as a place for houses and for an open space"