The Holy District

Ezekiel 45

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.

  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.
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