Ezekiel 45:1

And when ye shall by lot divide the land as an inheritance, ye shall offer up as a heave-offering to Yahweh a holy portion out of the land, in length, five and twenty thousand long, and in breadth, twenty thousand, —holy shall it be throughout all the territory thereof round about.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2There shall be out of this for the holy place, five hundred by five hundred, four-square round about,—and fifty cubits, as an open space to it, round about,

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Cross References

Numbers 34:13And Moses commanded the sons of Israel saying,—This, is the land, which ye shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh had commanded to be given to the nine tribes and the half tribe.

Joshua 14:1And, these, are the inheritances which the sons of Israel received in the land of Canaan,—which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the ancestral heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel gave them to inherit.

Psalms 16:5Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.

Ezekiel 45:2There shall be out of this for the holy place, five hundred by five hundred, four-square round about,—and fifty cubits, as an open space to it, round about,

Ezekiel 47:22And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot as an inheritance, to yourselves and to the sojourners who are sojourning in your midst, who have begotten children in your midst,—so shall they be to you as a native among the sons of Israel with you, shall they cast lots for an inheritance, in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:29This is the land which ye shall divide by lot for inheritance to the tribes of Israel,—and these shall be their portions, Declareth My Lord Yahweh,

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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