Ezekiel 45:2

Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.

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In The King James Version

Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

In Context

1“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.

3From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 27:28The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.

Ezekiel 42:16With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 43:21Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 45:2-9

The Division of the Holy Land. ( b. c. 574.) 1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord , a 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. 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. 3… Read the whole commentary →

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