Ezekiel 45:1
Good News Translation
When the land is divided to give each tribe a share, one part is to be dedicated to the LORD. It is to be 10 miles long by 8 miles wide. The entire area will be holy.

New Revised Standard Version
When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set aside for the LORD a portion of the land as a holy district, twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand cubits wide; it shall be holy throughout its entire extent.

Contemporary English Version
When the land of Israel is divided among the twelve tribes, you must set aside an area that will belong to me. This sacred area will be 12.5 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide.

New American Bible
When you apportion the land heritage by heritage, you shall set apart a holy portion for the LORD, holier than the rest of the land—twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand cubits wide; the entire area shall be holy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when you shall begin to divide the land by lot, separate ye firstfruits to the Lord, a portion of the land to be holy, in length twenty-five thousand and in breadth ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

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And when you shall begin to divide the land by lot, separate ye firstfruits to the Lord, a portion of the land to be holy, in length twenty-five thousand and in breadth ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

Ezekiel 47:21 And you shall divide this land unto you by the tribes of Israel:

Ezekiel 48:29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel: and these are the portions of them, saith the Lord God.

Numbers 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.

Joshua 13:6 Of all that dwell in the mountains from Libanus, to the waters of Maserephoth, and all the Sidonians. I am he that will cut them off from before the face of the children of Israel. So let their land come in as a part of the inheritance of Israel, as I have commanded thee.

Joshua 14:2 Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

Psalm 16:5,6 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me. . . .

ye shall offer

Ezekiel 45:2-7 And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side five hundred by five hundred, foursquare round about: and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about. . . .

Ezekiel 48:8-23 And by the border of Juda, from the east side even to the side of the sea, shall be the firstfruits which you shall set apart, five and twenty thousand in breadth, and length, as every one of the portions from the east side to the side of the sea: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst thereof. . . .

Leviticus 25:23 The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.

Proverbs 3:9 And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine.

an holy portion [heb] holiness

Zechariah 14:20,21 In that day that which is upon the bridle of the horse shall be holy to the Lord: and the caldrons in the house of the Lord shall be as the phials before the altar. . . .

Ezekiel 45:2 And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side five hundred by five hundred, foursquare round about: and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

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Ezekiel 42:16-19 And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. . . .

) Estimating the reed at

Ezekiel 3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:

yards, this holy oblation would constitute a square of nearly fifty miles on every side. From the north side a portion or nearly twenty miles in length, and nearly fifty in length, was appointed for the priests; and in the midst of this portion, the area of the sanctuary, about a mile square, to be enclosed by a wall, (ver

Ezekiel 3:1,2 And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of Israel. . . .

) Next to this, on the south, was the Levites' portion, of the same dimensions as that of the priests' (ver

Ezekiel 3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:

) and south of this was portion for the city, of the same length as those of the priests and Levites, but only half the width (ver

Ezekiel 3:6 Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.

) These three formed the square of

25,000 reeds, or nearly fifty miles; and that set apart for the prince, the breadth of which is not mentioned, extended in length from north to south, along the east and west sides of the square. As Canaan would not admit of so large a portion for the sanctuary, etc. this was no doubt intended to the intimate the large extent of the church in the glorious times predicted.

Context
Consecration of the Land
1And when you shall begin to divide the land by lot, separate ye firstfruits to the Lord, a portion of the land to be holy, in length twenty-five thousand and in breadth ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.2And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side five hundred by five hundred, foursquare round about: and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.…
Cross References
Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.

Joshua 13:7
And now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasses,

Joshua 14:3
For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren:

Ezekiel 42:16
And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

Ezekiel 45:2
And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side five hundred by five hundred, foursquare round about: and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

Ezekiel 47:21
And you shall divide this land unto you by the tribes of Israel:

Ezekiel 48:8
And by the border of Juda, from the east side even to the side of the sea, shall be the firstfruits which you shall set apart, five and twenty thousand in breadth, and length, as every one of the portions from the east side to the side of the sea: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 48:9
The firstfruits which you shall set apart for the Lord will be the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand.

Ezekiel 48:29
This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel: and these are the portions of them, saith the Lord God.

Zechariah 14:20
In that day that which is upon the bridle of the horse shall be holy to the Lord: and the caldrons in the house of the Lord shall be as the phials before the altar.

Zechariah 14:21
And every caldron in Jerusalem and Juda shall be sanctified to the Lord of hosts: and all that sacrifice shall come, and take of them, and shall seethe in them: and the merchant shall be no more in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day.

Ezekiel 44:31
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