Berean Standard Bible

Ezekiel 45:1-5

1“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide.1 This entire tract of land will be holy.

2Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square,2 with 50 cubits3 around it for open land.

3From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits,4 and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.5 4It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

5An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.6

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Notes

1. Ezekiel 45:1 LXX; the holy portion was to be approximately 8.3 miles long and 6.6 miles wide (13.3 kilometers long and 10.7 kilometers wide). Hebrew 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 wide. See also verses 3 and 5 and Ezekiel 48:9. ↩
2. Ezekiel 45:2 500 (long) cubits is approximately 875 feet or 266.7 meters. ↩
3. Ezekiel 45:2 50 (long) cubits is approximately 87.5 feet or 26.7 meters. ↩
4. Ezekiel 45:3 The portion was to be approximately 8.3 miles long and 3.3 miles wide (13.3 kilometers long and 5.3 kilometers wide); similarly in verse 5. ↩
5. Ezekiel 45:3 Or the Holy of Holies ↩
6. Ezekiel 45:5 LXX; Hebrew their possession, twenty chambers ↩

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