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.
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- 45:1 Lit 25,000 cubits, also in vv. 3,5,6
- 45:1 LXX reads 20,000 cubits; MT reads 10,000 cubits
- 45:2 Lit square all around
- 45:2 Lit 500 by 500 cubits
- 45:2 Lit 50 cubits
- 45:3 Lit this measured portion
- 45:3 Lit 10,000 cubits, also in v. 5
- 45:3 Lit be
- 45:5 LXX; MT, Syr, Tg, Vg read possession—20 chambers
- 45:6 Lit 5,000 cubits
- 45:9 Lit Enough of you
Ezekiel 45:1-9
Lexham English Bible
Instructions about Divisions of the Renewed Land
45 And when you allocate the land as an inheritance, you shall provide a contribution for Yahweh as a holy portion from the land, its length being twenty-five thousand cubits[a] and its width ten thousand cubits;[b] it is holy in all its territory, all around. 2 And there shall be from this area five hundred cubits[c] by five hundred cubits, squared all around, for the sanctuary; and fifty cubits[d][e] of open space shall be for it all around it. 3 And from this measured area you shall measure a length of twenty-five[f] thousand cubits[g] and a width of ten thousand cubits,[h] and in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.[i] 4 It[j] is a holy portion from the land; it will be for the priests, the servants of the sanctuary who approach[k] to serve Yahweh, and it will be for them a place for houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 And an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width will be for the Levites, the servants of the temple. It will serve as property for them as cities to dwell in.[l] 6 And as property of the city, you must set apart alongside the contribution of the sanctuary a portion five thousand cubits[m] in width and twenty-five thousand cubits[n] in length, and it shall be for the entire house of Israel.
7 And a portion will be for[o] the prince on both sides[p] of the holy district,[q] and both sides of the property of the city, and alongside[r] the property of the city on the west,[s] and alongside the property on the east.[t] And also its length[u] corresponds to one of the tribal portions to the west[v] running to the eastern border.[w] 8 This shall be to him with respect to the land[x] as property in Israel; and so my princes shall not again oppress my people, but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.”
9 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Enough of this for you, the princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction and do justice and righteousness; revoke your acts of dispossession from upon[y] my people!” declares[z] the Lord Yahweh.
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- Ezekiel 45:1 Or 8.33 miles
- Ezekiel 45:1 Hebrew 3.5 miles; LXX reads 6.67 miles in width, or 20,000 cubits (cf. 45:3, 5; 48:9)
- Ezekiel 45:2 That is, “875 feet by 875 feet”
- Ezekiel 45:2 Hebrew “cubit”
- Ezekiel 45:2 That is, “87.5 feet”
- Ezekiel 45:3 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
- Ezekiel 45:3 That is, 8.33 miles; cf. 45:5
- Ezekiel 45:3 That is, 3.5 miles; cf. 45:5
- Ezekiel 45:3 Literally “the holiness of holinesses”
- Ezekiel 45:4 Or “this area”
- Ezekiel 45:4 Literally “the ones who approach”
- Ezekiel 45:5 Literally “twenty chambers”
- Ezekiel 45:6 That is, 1.67 miles
- Ezekiel 45:6 That is, 8.33 miles
- Ezekiel 45:7 Hebrew “to”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Literally “from this and from this”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Literally “to the front of”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Literally “from/on the side of the sea”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Literally “from/on the side of east”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Or “portion”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Literally “corresponding to one of the portions from the boundary of the sea”
- Ezekiel 45:7 Literally “to the boundary of the east”
- Ezekiel 45:8 Literally “to the land”
- Ezekiel 45:9 Or “against”
- Ezekiel 45:9 Literally “declaration of”
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