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It is to be a holy area of the land.[a] It will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who draw near to serve the Lord. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy place for the sanctuary.

Also an area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide will be set aside for the Levites, the servants of the temple, as their possession, to provide them with cities to live in.[b][c]

As the city’s property, you are to assign an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand cubits long[d] along one side of the holy contribution.[e] It will belong to the whole house of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:4 This area is a band extending across the top 40% of the special area for the Lord.
  2. Ezekiel 45:5 The translation follows the Greek text. The Hebrew reads they will have as their possession twenty rooms.
  3. Ezekiel 45:5 This area covers the 40% of the special area that lies south of the area for the priests and the temple.
  4. Ezekiel 45:6 About 1.6 miles by 8.3 miles
  5. Ezekiel 45:6 Along the south side