MSB EZE section

Consecration of the Land

[“] 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.[fn] This entire tract of land will be holy.

Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 [cubits] square,[fn] with 50 cubits[fn] around it for open land

From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 [cubits] and a width of 10,000 [cubits] and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy [Place].[fn] 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 for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

[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

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

45:1 LXX; the holy portion was to be approximately 8.3 miles long and 6.6 miles wide (13.3 kilometers long and 10.7 kilometers wide). Hebrew 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 wide. See also verses 3 and 5 and Ezekiel 48:9.

45:2 500 (long) cubits is approximately 875 feet or 266.7 meters.

45:2 50 (long) cubits is approximately 87.5 feet or 26.7 meters.

45:3 Or the Holy of Holies

45:6 The property of the city was to be approximately 1.7 miles wide and 8.3 miles long (2.7 kilometers wide and 13.3 kilometers long).

MSB by section EZE 45:1b

Consecration of the Land