The Holy District

Ezekiel 45

1 "Moreover, when you a divide the land by lot into inheritance, you shall b set apart a district for the LORD, a holy section of the land; its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand. It shall be holy throughout its territory all around. 2 "Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, c five hundred by five hundred rods, with fifty cubits around it for an open space. 3 "So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; d in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 "It shall be e a holy section of the land, belonging to the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the LORD; it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 f "An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the 1 temple; they shall have g twenty 2 chambers as a possession.

6 h "You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 26:52 - 56
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
    Ezekiel 47:22
    It shall be that you will divide it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves, and for the strangers who dwell among you and who bear children among you. They shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:8
    By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the district which you shall set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits in width, and in length the same as one of the other portions, from the east side to the west, with the sanctuary in the center.
    Ezekiel 48:9
    The district that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 42:20
    He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:10
    To these - to the priests - the holy district shall belong: on the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, on the west ten thousand in width, on the east ten thousand in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand in length. The sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the center.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:10
    To these - to the priests - the holy district shall belong: on the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, on the west ten thousand in width, on the east ten thousand in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand in length. The sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the center.
    Ezekiel 48:11
    It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:13
    Opposite the border of the priests, the Levites shall have an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width; its entire length shall be twenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 40:17
    Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 48:15
    The five thousand cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center.
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