Ezekiel 45:4
a holy portion out of the land, it is for the priests who wait in the sanctuary, shall it be, who draw near to wait upon Yahweh,- so shall it be theirs as a place for houses, and a sanctuary for the sanctuary.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Ezekiel 40:45Then spake he unto me saying, This chamber whose front is toward the south, is for the priests keeping the charge of the house;
Ezekiel 44:13So then they shall not come near unto me To minister as priests unto me, Nor come near unto any of my holy things, As regardeth things most holy,— But they shall bear their rebuke, and their abominations which they have committed;
Ezekiel 45:1And 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.
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 →