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.
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- Ezekiel 45:1 About 8 miles, or 13 kilometers; and in vv. 3, 5, and 6.
- Ezekiel 45:1 About 6½ miles, or 11 kilometers.
- Ezekiel 45:2 About 875 feet, or 265 meters.
- Ezekiel 45:2 About 88 feet, or 27 meters.
- Ezekiel 45:3 About 3⅓ miles, or 5.3 kilometers.
- Ezekiel 45:6 About 1⅔ miles, or 2.7 kilometers.
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