Ezekiel 45:1-6

Modern English Version

The Holy District

45 Moreover, when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an allotment to the Lord, a holy portion of the land. The length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand cubits,^[a] and the width shall be twenty thousand.^[b] It shall be holy throughout its territory all around. ² Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, five hundred by five hundred cubits,^[c] with fifty cubits^[d] for an open space around it. ³ Of this measure you shall measure the length of twenty-five thousand cubits and the width of ten thousand cubits.^[e] And in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. ⁴ The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who shall come 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 twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the temple, and for their possession cities in which to dwell.

⁶ You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand cubits^[f] wide and twenty-five thousand cubits long adjacent to the allotment of the holy portion. It shall be for the whole house of Israel.