(A)It shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. (B)Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in.[a]

“Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district (C)you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. (D)It shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:5 Septuagint; Hebrew as their possession, twenty chambers

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