Ezekiel 45:1

And when you shall begin to divide the land by lot, separate ye firstfruits to the Lord, a portion of the land to be holy, in length twenty-five thousand and in breadth ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

In Context

2And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side five hundred by five hundred, foursquare round about: and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.

Joshua 14:1This is what the children of Israel possessed in the land of Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun, and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gave to them:

Psalms 16:5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.

Ezekiel 45:2And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side five hundred by five hundred, foursquare round about: and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

Ezekiel 47:22And you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that shall come over to you, that shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as men of the same country born among the children of Israel: they shall divide the possession with you in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:29This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel: and these are the portions of them, saith 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 →

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