Ezekiel 45:1-9
Modern English Version
The Holy District
45 Moreover, when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an allotment to the Lord, a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand cubits,[a] and the width shall be twenty thousand.[b] It shall be holy throughout its territory all around. 2 Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, five hundred by five hundred cubits,[c] with fifty cubits[d] for an open space around it. 3 Of this measure you shall measure the length of twenty-five thousand cubits and the width of ten thousand cubits.[e] And in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who shall come near to minister to the Lord. And it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 An area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the temple, and for their possession cities in which to dwell.
6 You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand cubits[f] wide and twenty-five thousand cubits long adjacent to the allotment of the holy portion. It shall be for the whole house of Israel.
The Portion for the Prince
7 A portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the holy allotment and property of the city, adjacent to the holy allotment and the property of the city, from the west side westward and from the east side eastward. And the length shall correspond to one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border. 8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel. And My officials shall no more oppress My people. And the rest of the land they shall give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Laws Governing the Prince
9 Thus says the Lord God: Let it suffice you officials of Israel. Remove violence and destruction, and execute justice and righteousness. Take away your exactions from My people, says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 45:1 About 8 miles, or 13 kilometers; and in vv. 3, 5, and 6.
- Ezekiel 45:1 About 6½ miles, or 11 kilometers.
- Ezekiel 45:2 About 875 feet, or 265 meters.
- Ezekiel 45:2 About 88 feet, or 27 meters.
- Ezekiel 45:3 About 3⅓ miles, or 5.3 kilometers.
- Ezekiel 45:6 About 1⅔ miles, or 2.7 kilometers.
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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