Add parallel Print Page Options

Israel’s Future Temple Park

45 “When you divide the land for an inheritance, you are to present a Terumah[a] to the Lord, a consecrated portion of the land 25,000 cubits[b] long and 20,000[c] cubits[d] wide. Everything within this area is to be treated as holy. A Holy Place is to be dedicated from this area in the form of a square measuring 500 by 500 cubits,[e] with a 50 cubit[f] buffer zone[g] surrounding it. From this area a measure is to be made 25,000 cubits[h] long and 10,000 cubits[i] wide, which is to contain the sanctuary, the holiest of holy objects. It is to be a holy portion of the land, set aside[j] for the priests who serve the sanctuary, who approach the Lord to serve him. It is to be a place for their houses, as well as the Holy Place of the sanctuary. An area 25,000 cubits[k] long by 10,000 cubits wide is to be set aside[l] for use by the Levite[m] servants of the Temple, 20 parcels[n] for their residential properties. The land allocation for the city is to be set at 5,000 cubits[o] wide and 25,000 cubits[p] long, adjacent to the sanctuary district, reserved for the entire house of Israel.”

The Portion for the Regent Prince

“The Regent Prince is to have a portion[q] on both sides of the consecrated allotment for the sanctuary and the city’s land allotment, adjacent to both on the west[r] and the east sides, comparable in length to one of the portions from the west[s] border to the east border.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:1 Lit. Gift; i.e. a special section of Israel’s land to be dedicated to the Lord as a national temple park; cf. Eze 48:8ff
  2. Ezekiel 45:1 The Heb. lacks cubit; if the unit of measurement is royal cubits, the length is about 8.29 miles.
  3. Ezekiel 45:1 So LXX; MT reads 10,000
  4. Ezekiel 45:1 LXX and MT lack cubit; if the unit of measurement is 20,000 royal cubits, the length is about 6.6 miles.
  5. Ezekiel 45:2 The Heb. lacks cubits
  6. Ezekiel 45:2 I.e. about 87.5 feet; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  7. Ezekiel 45:2 Lit. cubit open space
  8. Ezekiel 45:3 The Heb. lacks cubits; if the unit of measurement is royal cubits, the length is about 8.29 miles.
  9. Ezekiel 45:3 The Heb. lacks cubits
  10. Ezekiel 45:4 The Heb. lacks set aside
  11. Ezekiel 45:5 The Heb. lacks cubits; if the unit of measurement is royal cubits, the length is about 8.29 miles.
  12. Ezekiel 45:5 The Heb. lacks to be set aside
  13. Ezekiel 45:5 I.e. the ministry formerly held by the descendants of Levi
  14. Ezekiel 45:5 Or chambers; so with MT; LXX reads temple, cities
  15. Ezekiel 45:6 The Heb. lacks cubits; if the unit of measurement is royal cubits, the length is about 1.66 miles.
  16. Ezekiel 45:6 The Heb. lacks cubits; if the unit of measurement is royal cubits, the length is about 8.29 miles.
  17. Ezekiel 45:7 The Heb. lacks a portion
  18. Ezekiel 45:7 Lit. the sea side facing the sea
  19. Ezekiel 45:7 Lit. the sea side