Ezekiel 45:1–6

The ’s Portion of the Country

45When the land is divided to give each tribe a share, one part is to be dedicated to the Lord. It is to be twelve and a half kilometres long by ten kilometres^m wide. The entire area will be holy. ²In this area there is to be a square plot of land for the Temple, 250 metres along each side, entirely surrounded by an open space twenty-five metres wide. ³Half of this area, a section twelve and a half kilometres by five kilometres, is to be measured off; it will contain the Temple, the holiest place of all. ⁴It will be a holy part of the country, set aside for the priests who serve the Lord in his Temple. It will contain their houses and the section of land for the Temple. ⁵The other half of the area is to be set aside as the possession of the Levites, who do the work in the Temple. There will be towns there for them to live in.ⁿ

⁶Next to the holy area, another section, twelve and a half kilometres long and two and a half kilometres wide, is to be set aside for a city where any of the people of Israel may live.