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Ezekiel 44:17-45:25
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17 When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear (A)linen garments. They shall have nothing of wool on them, while they minister at the gates of the inner court, and within. 18 They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat. 19 And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they have been ministering (B)and lay them in the holy chambers. And (C)they shall put on other garments, (D)lest they transmit holiness to the people with their garments. 20 (E)They shall not shave their heads or (F)let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads. 21 (G)No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court. 22 (H)They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 23 (I)They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and (J)show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 (K)In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and (L)they shall keep my Sabbaths holy. 25 (M)They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person. However, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves. 26 (N)After he[a] has become clean, they shall count seven days for him. 27 And on the day that he goes into the Holy Place, (O)into the inner court, to minister in the Holy Place, (P)he shall offer his sin offering, declares the Lord God.

28 (Q)“This shall be their inheritance: I am their inheritance: and (R)you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession. 29 (S)They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and (T)every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30 (U)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. (V)You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, (W)that a blessing may rest on your house. 31 (X)The priests shall not eat of (Y)anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.

The Holy District

45 “When (Z)you allot the land as an inheritance, (AA)you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits[b] long and 20,000[c] cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent. 2 (AB)Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for (AC)an open space around it. 3 And (AD)from this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, (AE)in which shall be the sanctuary, (AF)the Most Holy Place. 4 (AG)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 (AH)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.[d]

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

The Portion for the Prince

7 (AK)“And to (AL)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 (AM)my princes shall no more oppress my people, but (AN)they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.

9 “Thus says the Lord God: (AO)Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease (AP)your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.

10 (AQ)“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.[e] 11 The ephah and the bath shall be (AR)of the same measure, (AS)the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[f] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 (AT)The shekel shall be twenty gerahs;[g] twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.[h]

13 (AU)“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[i] (the cor, like the homer, contains (AV)ten baths).[j] 15 And one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the watering places of Israel for grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, (AW)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 (AX)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, (AY)on the first day of the month, you shall take a bull from the herd without blemish, and (AZ)purify the sanctuary. 19 (BA)The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it (BB)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 (BC)“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 (BD)shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering. 23 And on (BE)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 (BF)a male goat daily for a sin offering. 24 And (BG)he shall provide as (BH)a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin[k] of oil to each ephah. 25 (BI)In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month and for the seven days of the feast, (BJ)he shall make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and for the oil.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:26 That is, a priest
  2. Ezekiel 45:1 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  3. Ezekiel 45:1 Septuagint; Hebrew 10,000
  4. Ezekiel 45:5 Septuagint; Hebrew as their possession, twenty chambers
  5. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was about 3/5 of a bushel or 22 liters; a bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
  6. Ezekiel 45:11 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  7. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
  8. Ezekiel 45:12 A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
  9. Ezekiel 45:14 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  10. Ezekiel 45:14 See Vulgate; Hebrew (ten baths are a homer, for ten baths are a homer)
  11. Ezekiel 45:24 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
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17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes;(A) they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. 18 They are to wear linen turbans(B) on their heads and linen undergarments(C) around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.(D) 19 When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated(E) through contact with their garments.(F)

20 “‘They must not shave(G) their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.(H) 21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.(I) 22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.(J) 23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common(K) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.(L)

24 “‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges(M) and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals,(N) and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.(O)

25 “‘A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself.(P) 26 After he is cleansed, he must wait seven days.(Q) 27 On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary(R) to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering[a](S) for himself, declares the Sovereign Lord.

28 “‘I am to be the only inheritance(T) the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. 29 They will eat(U) the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted[b] to the Lord(V) will belong to them.(W) 30 The best of all the firstfruits(X) and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal(Y) so that a blessing(Z) may rest on your household.(AA) 31 The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead(AB) or torn by wild animals.(AC)

Israel Fully Restored

45 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance,(AD) you are to present to the Lord a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits[c] long and 20,000[d] cubits[e] wide; the entire area will be holy.(AE) 2 Of this, a section 500 cubits[f] square(AF) is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[g] around it for open land. 3 In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[h] wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests,(AG) who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the Lord. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary.(AH) 5 An area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to live in.[i](AI)

6 “‘You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits[j] wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will belong to all Israel.(AJ)

7 “‘The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions.(AK) 8 This land will be his possession in Israel. And my princes will no longer oppress my people but will allow the people of Israel to possess the land according to their tribes.(AL)

9 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression(AM) and do what is just and right.(AN) Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 10 You are to use accurate scales,(AO) an accurate ephah[k](AP) and an accurate bath.[l] 11 The ephah(AQ) and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both. 12 The shekel[m] is to consist of twenty gerahs.(AR) Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.[n]

13 “‘This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah[o] from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah[p] from each homer of barley. 14 The prescribed portion of olive oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath[q] from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer). 15 Also one sheep is to be taken from every flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings(AS) and fellowship offerings to make atonement(AT) for the people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 All the people of the land will be required to give this special offering to the prince in Israel. 17 It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings at the festivals, the New Moons(AU) and the Sabbaths(AV)—at all the appointed festivals of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings,[r] grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the Israelites.(AW)

18 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In the first month(AX) on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect(AY) and purify the sanctuary.(AZ) 19 The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge(BA) of the altar(BB) and on the gateposts of the inner court. 20 You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally(BC) or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.

21 “‘In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover,(BD) a festival lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast. 22 On that day the prince is to provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.(BE) 23 Every day during the seven days of the festival he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams(BF) without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord, and a male goat for a sin offering.(BG) 24 He is to provide as a grain offering(BH) an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin[s] of olive oil for each ephah.(BI)

25 “‘During the seven days of the festival,(BJ) which begins in the seventh month on the fifteenth day, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings and oil.(BK)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:27 Or purification offering; also in verse 29
  2. Ezekiel 44:29 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord.
  3. Ezekiel 45:1 That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 3, 5 and 6
  4. Ezekiel 45:1 Septuagint (see also verses 3 and 5 and 48:9); Hebrew 10,000
  5. Ezekiel 45:1 That is, about 6 1/2 miles or about 11 kilometers
  6. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 875 feet or about 265 meters
  7. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters
  8. Ezekiel 45:3 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verse 5
  9. Ezekiel 45:5 Septuagint; Hebrew temple; they will have as their possession 20 rooms
  10. Ezekiel 45:6 That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers
  11. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
  12. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.
  13. Ezekiel 45:12 A shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams.
  14. Ezekiel 45:12 That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.
  15. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 6 pounds or about 2.7 kilograms
  16. Ezekiel 45:13 That is, probably about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
  17. Ezekiel 45:14 That is, about 2 1/2 quarts or about 2.2 liters
  18. Ezekiel 45:17 Or purification offerings; also in verses 19, 22, 23 and 25
  19. Ezekiel 45:24 That is, about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters
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