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The Holy District

1 “Moreover, when you adivide the land by lot into inheritance, you shall bset apart a district for the Lord, a holy section of the land; its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand. It shall be holy throughout its territory all around.  
2 Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, afive hundred by five hundred rods, with fifty cubits around it for an open space.  
3 So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; ain it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.  
4 It shall be aa holy section of the land, belonging to the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the Lord; it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.  
5 aAn area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have btwenty chambers as a possession.  

Properties of the City and the Prince

6 a“You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel.  
7 a“The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city’s property; and bordering on the holy district and the city’s property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border.  
8 The land shall be his possession in Israel; and aMy princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes.”  

Laws Governing the Prince

9 ‘Thus says the Lord God: a“Enough, O princes of Israel! bRemove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God.  
10 “You shall have ahonest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.  


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Definitions of words in Ezekiel 45:1:


All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Apart {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Inheritance {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Land {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ten {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Thousand {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lot {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Lot {Hitchcock's Bible Names}



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