Ezekiel 45:8-10

New International Reader's Version

⁸The prince will own this land in Israel. And my princes will not crush my people anymore. Instead, they will allow the people of Israel to receive their own share of land. It will be divided up based on their tribes.”

⁹The Lord and King says, “Princes of Israel, you have gone far enough! Stop hurting others. Do not crush them. Do what is fair and right. Stop taking my people’s land away from them,” announces the Lord and King. ¹⁰“Use weights and measures that are honest and exact.

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Ezekiel 45:8-10

New International Version

⁸This 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.^(A)

⁹“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression^(B) and do what is just and right.^(C) Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. ¹⁰You are to use accurate scales,^(D) an accurate ephah^[a]^(E) and an accurate bath.^[b]

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.

Ezekiel 45:8-10

New King James Version

⁸The land shall be his possession in Israel; and ^(A)My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes.”

Laws Governing the Prince

⁹‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(B)“Enough, O princes of Israel! ^(C)Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God. ¹⁰“You shall have ^(D)honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.