Ezekiel 45:6

And, the possession of the city, shall ye give, five thousand, in breadth, and in length, five and twenty thousand answering to the heave-offering of the holy portion,—for all the house of Israel, shall it be.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

In Context

5And five and twenty thousand, in length, and ten thousand, in breadth,—and it shall be for the Levites who wait upon the house theirs as a possession of cities to dwell in

7And to the prince—on his side and on that, shall belong [a portion] of the heave-offering of the holy portion and of the possession of the city, facing the heave-offering of the holy portion and facing the possession of the city, on the west side westward and on the east side eastward,—and in length, answering to one of the portions, from the west boundary to the east boundary,

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Cross References

Ezekiel 48:15And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, facing the five and twenty thousand, common shall it be to the city, for dwelling and for open space,—and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

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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