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The temple area in it will be 875 feet long and 875 feet wide. An 88-foot strip around it will be open land. In the sacred area, measure off a large strip of land. It will be eight miles long and three and a third miles wide. The temple will be in it. It will be the most holy place of all. The large strip will be the sacred share of land for the priests. There they will serve in the temple. And they will approach me to serve me there. Their houses will be built on that land. The holy temple will also be located there.

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Of this, a section 500 cubits[a] square(A) is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[b] around it for open land. In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits[c] wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests,(B) 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.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 875 feet or about 265 meters
  2. Ezekiel 45:2 That is, about 88 feet or about 27 meters
  3. Ezekiel 45:3 That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verse 5