Ezekiel 45:1
“And when you will begin to divide the land by lot, separate as first-fruits for the Lord a sanctified portion of the land, in length twenty-five thousand and in width ten thousand. It will be holy within all its borders all around.
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Numbers 34:13And Moses instructed the sons of Israel, saying: “This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord has ordered to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.
Joshua 14:1This is what the sons of Israel possessed in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the leaders of the families, by the tribes of Israel, gave to them,
Psalms 16:5Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.
Ezekiel 45:2And there shall be, out of the entire region, a sanctified portion of five hundred by five hundred, foursquare all around, with fifty cubits for its suburbs on all sides.
Ezekiel 47:22And you shall distribute it by lot as an inheritance, for yourselves and for the new arrival who will be added to you, who will conceive sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the indigenous among the sons of Israel. They shall divide the possession with you, in the midst of the tribes of Israel.
Ezekiel 48:29This is the land that you shall distribute by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these shall be their portions, says the Lord God.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:1
In this chapter is further represented to the prophet, in vision, I. The division of the holy land, so much for the temple, and the priests that attended the service of it ( ver. 1-4 ), so much for the Levites ( ver. 5 ), so much for the city ( ver. 6 ), so much for the prince, and the residue to the people, ver. 7, 8 . II. The ordinances of justice that were given both to prince and people, ver. 9-12 . III. The oblations they were to offer, and the prince's part in those oblations, ver. 13-17 . Particularly in… Read the whole commentary →