Ezekiel 45

The Holy District

1 "When e you allot the land as an inheritance, f you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits 1 long and 20,000 2 cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent. 2 g Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for h an open space around it. 3 And i from this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, j in which shall be the sanctuary, k the Most Holy Place. 4 l It shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 m Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in. 3

6 "Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district n you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. o It shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

The Portion for the Prince

7 p "And to q the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary 8 of the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And r my princes shall no more oppress my people, but s they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.

9 "Thus says the Lord God: t Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease u your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.

10 v "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath. 4 11 The ephah and the bath shall be w of the same measure, x the bath containing one tenth of a homer, 5 and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 y The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; 6 twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina. 7

13 z "This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley, 14 and as the fixed portion of oil, measured in baths, one tenth of a bath from each cor 8 (the cor, like the homer, contains a ten baths). 9 15 And one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the watering places of Israel for grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, b to make atonement for them, declares the Lord God. 16 All the people of the land shall be obliged to give this offering to the prince in Israel. 17 c It shall be the prince's duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.

18 "Thus says the Lord God: In the first month, d on the first day of the month, you shall take a bull from the herd without blemish, and e purify the sanctuary. 19 f The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it g on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court. 20 You shall do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance; so you shall make atonement for the temple.

21 h "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the Feast of the Passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 On that day the prince i shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering. 23 And on j the seven days of the festival he shall provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, on each of the seven days; and k a male goat daily for a sin offering. 24 And l he shall provide as m a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin 10 of oil to each ephah. 25 n In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month and for the seven days of the feast, o he shall make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and for the oil.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:29
    This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 47:21 - 22
    So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:8 - 10
    Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the portion which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with the sanctuary in the midst of it.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 42:16 - 20
    He measured the east side with the measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:28
    At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes.
    Ezekiel 48:15
    The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the midst of it shall be the city.
    Ezekiel 48:17
    And the city shall have open land: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250, on the east 250, and on the west 250.
    Leviticus 25:34
    But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:1
    When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:10
    These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring 25,000 cubits on the northern side, 10,000 cubits in breadth on the western side, 10,000 in breadth on the eastern side, and 25,000 in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the midst of it.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 41:4
    And he measured the length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across the nave. And he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:11 - 12
    This shall be for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:13
    And alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in breadth. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the breadth 20,000.
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:15
    The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the midst of it shall be the city.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:18 - 19
    The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be 10,000 cubits to the east, and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:21
    What remains on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city shall belong to the prince. Extending from the 25,000 cubits of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the west border, parallel to the tribal portions, it shall belong to the prince. The holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple shall be in its midst.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:3
    Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:27
    Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
    Ezekiel 46:18
    The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 47:13
    Thus says the Lord God : "This is the boundary by which you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.
    Ezekiel 47:21
    So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.
    Ezekiel 48:1 - 7
    These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern extreme, beside the way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the northern border of Damascus over against Hamath), and extending from the east side to the west, Dan, one portion.
    Ezekiel 48:23 - 28
    As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:6
    And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:18
    The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:35 - 36
    You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
  19. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 25:14 - 15
    You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small.
  20. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:10
    For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13
    Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:30
    And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.
  23. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:11
    The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:4
    He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
  25. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 30:24
    For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for offerings, and the princes gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. And the priests consecrated themselves in great numbers.
    2 Chronicles 35:7
    Then Josiah contributed to the lay people, as Passover offerings for all who were present, lambs and young goats from the flock to the number of 30,000, and 3,000 bulls; these were from the king's possessions.
    Ezekiel 46:4 - 7
    The burnt offering that the prince offers to the Lord on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:1
    Thus says the Lord God : The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
    Ezekiel 46:3
    The people of the land shall bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
    Ezekiel 46:6
    On the day of the new moon he shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish, and six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish.
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 16:16
    Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
    Ezekiel 43:20
    And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it.
    Ezekiel 43:22 - 23
    And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull.
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 43:20
    And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it.
  29. Cross References
    Exodus 12:7
    Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
  30. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:5
    In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord 's Passover.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:17
    It shall be the prince's duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.
  32. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:8
    But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
  33. Cross References
    Numbers 28:15
    Also one male goat for a sin offering to the Lord ; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:5
    And the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
    Ezekiel 46:7
    As a grain offering he shall provide an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.
  35. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:1
    When anyone brings a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it
  36. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:34
    Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 45:22 - 24
    On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering.
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