Ezekiel 45:4

4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 45:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 45:4

The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests, the
ministers of the sanctuary
That is, the rest of it, which is not for the sanctuary, shall be for the use of the priests that minister in holy things in the sanctuary; either the ministers of the Gospel, who shall have a sufficient maintenance from the churches of Christ, as the priests had under the law: or it may be meant of all the saints, who are priests unto God, and serve and worship him in his sanctuary; who shall all be satisfied with the goodness and fatness of his house, the word and ordinances, and the blessings of grace conveyed by them: which shall come near to minister unto the Lord;
these sons of Zadok, these faithful ones, in the worst of times; see ( Ezekiel 44:15 Ezekiel 44:16 ) ( Ezekiel 48:10 Ezekiel 48:11 ) : and it shall be a place for their houses;
in this large spot shall be many congregated churches, houses of the living God, where his priests and people dwell, and will be serving and praising him: and an holy place for the sanctuary;
which may denote the church of God in general, as houses may do particular churches.

Ezekiel 45:4 In-Context

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 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

6 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.