Ezekiel 45:1-6

The LORD'S Portion of the Land

1 "And when you 1divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an 2allotment to the LORD, a 3holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of 25,000 * * 4cubits, and the width shall be 20,000 *. It shall be holy within all its boundary round about.
2 "Out of this there shall be for the holy place a square round about 5five hundred by five hundred cubits, and fifty cubits for its 6open space round about.
3 "From this area you shall measure a length of 25,000 * * cubits and a width of 10,000 * cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the most holy place.
4 "It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the 7priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who 8come near to minister to the LORD, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
5 "An area 9 25,000 * * cubits in length and 10,000 * in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, and for their possession cities to dwell in.
6 "You shall give the 10city possession of an area 5,000 * cubits wide and 25,000 * * cubits long, alongside the allotment of the holy portion; it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

Ezekiel 45:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 45

This chapter treats of the division of the land in future time, and the persons and uses for which it is to be made; one part being for the sanctuary, and the priests that serve in it, and for their houses for them to dwell in, Eze 45:1-4, another for the Levites and their chambers, Eze 45:5, and another for the city, for the Israelites in common, Eze 45:6, and the last for the prince; and of the situation and extent of it, Eze 45:7,8 and of the righteous administration of civil government in the time of the spiritual reign of Christ, in abstinence from violence and exactions, and doing justice, for which orders and directions are given, Eze 45:9-12, then of the oblations of the people of the land, Eze 45:13-16, and next of those that are to be prepared by the prince, Eze 45:17, and the times of the offering of them, at the beginning of the year, on the feasts of the passover and tabernacles, Eze 45:18-25, the rules for which are so different from the Mosaic law, as show the abrogation of that; and that all this is to be understood in a spiritual and evangelic sense.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Numbers 34:13; Joshua 13:7; Joshua 14:3; Ezekiel 47:21; Ezekiel 48:29
  • 2. Ezekiel 48:8, 9
  • 3. Zechariah 14:20, 21
  • 4. Ezekiel 42:16; Ezekiel 45:2
  • 5. Ezekiel 42:20
  • 6. Ezekiel 27:28
  • 7. Ezekiel 48:10, 11
  • 8. Numbers 16:5; Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 43:19
  • 9. Ezekiel 48:13
  • 10. Ezek 48:15-18, 30-35

Footnotes 6

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