Ezekiel 45:1

And when ye measure the land for inheritance, ye shall set apart firstfruits to the Lord, a holy space of the land, in length twenty and five thousand reeds, and in breadth twenty thousand; it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

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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 a sanctuary out of this, five hundred reeds in length by five hundred in breadth, a square round about; and there shall be a vacant space beyond this of fifty cubits round about.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:13And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 14:1And these are they of the children of Israel that received their inheritance in the land of Canaan, to whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, gave inheritance.

Psalms 16:5Direct my steps in thy paths, 1 That my steps slip not. 1

Ezekiel 45:2And there shall be a sanctuary out of this, five hundred reeds in length by five hundred in breadth, a square round about; and there shall be a vacant space beyond this of fifty cubits round about.

Ezekiel 47:22Ye shall cast the lot upon it, for yourselves and the strangers that sojourn in the midst of you, who have begotten children in the midst of you: and they shall be to you as natives among the children of Israel; they shall eat with you in their inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:29This is the land, which ye shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, 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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