Ezekiel 45:1-9

Christian Standard Bible

The Sacred Portion of the Land

45 “When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance,^(A) set aside a donation to the Lord, a holy portion of the land,^(B) 8⅓ miles^[a] long and 6⅔ miles^[b] wide. This entire region will be holy. ² In this area there will be a square section^[c] for the sanctuary, 875 by 875 feet,^[d](C) with 87½ feet^[e] of open space all around it. ³ From this holy portion,^[f] you will measure off an area 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles^[g] wide, in which the sanctuary, the most holy place,^(D) will stand.^{[h] 4} It will be a holy area of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who approach to serve the Lord.^(E) It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary. ⁵ There will be another area 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide for the Levites who minister in the temple;^(F) it will be their possession for towns to live in.^[i]

⁶ “As the property of the city, set aside an area 1⅔ miles^[j] wide and 8⅓ miles long, adjacent to the holy donation of land.^(G) It will be for the whole house of Israel. ⁷ And the prince will have the area on each side of the holy donation of land and the city’s property, adjacent to the holy donation and the city’s property, stretching to the west on the west side and to the east on the east side.^(H) Its length will correspond to one of the tribal portions from the western boundary to the eastern boundary. ⁸ This will be his land as a possession in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people^(I) but give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

⁹ “This is what the Lord God says: You have gone too far,^[k](J) princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right.^(K) Put an end to your evictions of my people.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.