Ezekiel 45:4

4 It will be a holy area of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to serve the Lord.^[a] It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area 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 In this area there will be a square [section] for the sanctuary, 875 by 875 [feet], with 87 and a half feet of open space all around it.

3 From this holy portion, you will measure off an area eight and one-third [miles] long and three and one-third [miles] wide, in which the sanctuary, the most holy place, will stand.

4 It will be a holy area of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to serve the Lord. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

5 There will be [another area] eight and one-third [miles] long and three and one-third [miles] wide for the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns to live in.

6 "As the property of the city, you must set aside an area one and two-thirds [of a mile] wide and eight and one-third [miles] long, adjacent to the holy donation [of land]. It will be for the whole house of Israel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ezk 48:10