Ezekiel 45:6

6 Comme propriété de la ville vous destinerez cinq mille cannes en largeur et vingt-cinq mille en longueur, parallèlement à la portion sainte prélevée; ce sera pour toute la maison d'Israël.

Ezekiel 45:6 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 45:6

And ye shall appoint the possession of the city,
&e.] Which is something distinct from the house or temple, which was as the frame of a city, being so large, and consisting of so many parts, ( Ezekiel 40:2 ) and seems also different from the city in ( Ezekiel 48:30 Ezekiel 48:35 ) , the measures of the one and of the other not agreeing. Starckius thinks that this city prefigures the academies that should be among Christians, in which the priests or ministers of the word should teach those that came out of all parts unto them; but I am rather of opinion that the civil state of the people of God is here meant, as it will be in the spiritual reign of Christ; when all civil power and authority will not as yet be put down, only it will come into the hands of the saints, and be administered by Christian kings and princes. Five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against
the oblation of the holy portion;
five thousand reeds in breadth are allowed less for the civil than the church state; and though they are contiguous, and there is a connection between them, yet are separate from each other; the material temple was in the city of Jerusalem; but the holy portion, in which the sanctuary shall be, is without the city, and the city over against that; hence John seems, to have borrowed his idea and language, "I saw no temple therein", ( Revelation 21:22 ) , though speaking of another city: the church and the world shall be no more mixed together; Christ's kingdom is not of this world, nor to be fixed on a civil establishment: it shall be for the whole house of Israel;
they shall all be under one and the same form of government; I do not say they shall be all under one temporal king or prince; but all Christian kings and princes shall exercise the same kind of rule and government; so that, as their church state will be uniform, their civil state or polity will be alike.

Ezekiel 45:6 In-Context

4 C'est la portion sainte du pays; elle appartiendra aux sacrificateurs qui font le service du sanctuaire, qui s'approchent de l'Eternel pour le servir; c'est là que seront leurs maisons, et ce sera un sanctuaire pour le sanctuaire.
5 Vingt-cinq mille cannes en longueur et dix mille en largeur formeront la propriété des Lévites, serviteurs de la maison, avec vingt chambres.
6 Comme propriété de la ville vous destinerez cinq mille cannes en largeur et vingt-cinq mille en longueur, parallèlement à la portion sainte prélevée; ce sera pour toute la maison d'Israël.
7 Pour le prince vous réserverez un espace aux deux côtés de la portion sainte et de la propriété de la ville, le long de la portion sainte et le long de la propriété de la ville, du côté de l'occident vers l'occident et du côté de l'orient vers l'orient, sur une longueur parallèle à l'une des parts, depuis la limite de l'occident jusqu'à la limite de l'orient.
8 Ce sera sa terre, sa propriété en Israël; et mes princes n'opprimeront plus mon peuple, mais ils laisseront le pays à la maison d'Israël, selon ses tribus.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.