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Ezekiel 45


Ezekiel 45 - 1

(“) When you divide the land by lot - as an inheritance , you are to set aside a portion for the LORD , a holy portion of the land 25,000 (cubits) ... ... ... long and 20,000 (cubits) ... wide. This entire tract of land ... will be holy.

Ezekiel 45 - 2

Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 (cubits) ... square , with 50 cubits around it for open land .

Ezekiel 45 - 3

From this holy portion , you are to measure off a length of 25,000 (cubits) ... ... and a width of 10,000 (cubits) ... , will be the sanctuary , the Most Holy (Place).

Ezekiel 45 - 4

It will be a holy portion of the land ... to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary , who draw near to minister before - the LORD. It will be a place houses , as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 45 - 5

(An adjacent area) 25,000 (cubits) ... ... long and 10,000 (cubits) ... wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple ; it will be their possession for towns in which to live ....

Ezekiel 45 - 6

As the property of the city , you are to set aside (an area) 5,000 (cubits) ... wide and 25,000 (cubits) ... ... long , adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.

Ezekiel 45 - 7

Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by - - ... - the holy district - - and the property of the city , extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side , running lengthwise from the western ... boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the (tribal) portions.

Ezekiel 45 - 8

This land will be possession in Israel. And My princes - will no longer oppress My people , but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

Ezekiel 45 - 9

For this is what the Lord GOD says : ‘ Enough O princes of Israel ! Cease your violence and oppression , and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing ... My people , declares the Lord GOD. ’

Ezekiel 45 - 10

You must use honest scales , a just ephah , and a just bath.

Ezekiel 45 - 11

The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer , and the ephah a tenth of a homer ; - the homer will be the standard measure (for both).

Ezekiel 45 - 12

The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five ... shekels plus fifteen ... shekels will equal one mina

Ezekiel 45 - 13

This is the contribution - you are to offer : a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat , and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.

Ezekiel 45 - 14

The prescribed portion of oil , measured by the bath ... , (is) a tenth of a bath from each cor ( (a cor consists of) ten baths (or) one homer , since ten baths (are equivalent to) a homer ).

Ezekiel 45 - 15

And one sheep shall be given from (each) flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings , burnt offerings , and peace offerings , to make atonement for the people , declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 45 - 16

All the people of the land must participate in this contribution for the prince in Israel.

Ezekiel 45 - 17

And it shall be the prince’s (part) (to provide) the burnt offerings , grain offerings , and drink offerings for the feasts , New Moons , and Sabbaths — for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide - the sin offerings , - grain offerings , - burnt offerings , - and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 45 - 18

This is what the Lord GOD says : ‘ On the first day - of the first month you are to take a young bull ... ... without blemish and purify - the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 45 - 19

And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put (it) on the doorposts of the temple , on the four corners of the ledge of the altar , and on the gateposts ... of the inner court.

Ezekiel 45 - 20

You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement - for the temple.

Ezekiel 45 - 21

On the fourteenth ... day - of the first month you are to observe the Passover , a feast of seven days , during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.

Ezekiel 45 - 22

On that day the prince shall provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.

Ezekiel 45 - 23

Each day during the seven days of the feast , he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD - - - , along with a male goat ... for a sin offering.

Ezekiel 45 - 24

He shall also provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram , along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah (of grain).

Ezekiel 45 - 25

During the seven days of the feast that begins on the fifteenth ... day of the seventh month , he is to make the same provision ... for sin offerings , burnt offerings , grain offerings , and oil. ’ (’’)