Ezekiel 45:1
“‘“Moreover, when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to the LORD, a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand reeds, and the width shall be ten thousand. It shall be holy in all its border all around.
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Numbers 34:13Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
Joshua 14:1These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,
Psalms 16:5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Ezekiel 45:2Of this there shall be a five hundred by five hundred square for the holy place, and fifty cubits for its pasture lands all around.
Ezekiel 47:22You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who will father children among you. Then they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel. They shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
Ezekiel 48:29“This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several 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 →