Ezekiel 45:4-14

4 "It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the 1priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who 2come 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 3 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 4city 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.

Portion for the Prince

7 "The 5prince shall have land on either side of the holy allotment and the property of the city, adjacent * to the holy allotment and the property of the city, on the west side toward the west and on the east side toward the east, and in length comparable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
8 "This shall be his land for a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer 6oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel 7according to their tribes."
9 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "8Enough, you princes of Israel; put away 9violence and destruction, and 10practice justice and righteousness. Stop your 11expropriations from My people," declares the Lord GOD.
10 "You shall have 12just balances, a just 13ephah and a just 14bath.
11 "The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity, so that the bath will contain a tenth of a 15homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; their standard shall be according to the homer.
12 "The 16shekel shall be twenty 17gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five * shekels, and fifteen * shekels shall be your maneh.
13 "This is the offering that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley;
14 and the prescribed portion of oil (namely, the bath of oil ), a tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths are a homer );

Ezekiel 45:4-14 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 17

  • 1. Ezekiel 48:10, 11
  • 2. Numbers 16:5; Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 43:19
  • 3. Ezekiel 48:13
  • 4. Ezek 48:15-18, 30-35
  • 5. Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 46:16-18; Ezekiel 48:21
  • 6. Isaiah 11:3-5; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 19:7; Ezekiel 22:27; Ezekiel 46:18
  • 7. Joshua 11:23
  • 8. Ezekiel 44:6
  • 9. Jeremiah 6:7; Ezekiel 7:11, 23; Ezekiel 8:17
  • 10. Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 8:16
  • 11. Nehemiah 5:1-5
  • 12. Leviticus 19:36; Deuteronomy 25:15; Proverbs 16:11; Amos 8:4-6; Micah 6:10, 11
  • 13. Isaiah 5:10
  • 14. Isaiah 5:10
  • 15. Isaiah 5:10
  • 16. Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47
  • 17. Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47

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