Ezekiel 45:1–6

The Holy District

45“Moreover, when you ^adivide the land by lot into inheritance, you shall ^bset apart a district for the Lord, a holy section of the land; its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand. It shall be holy throughout its territory all around. ²Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, ^cfive hundred by five hundred rods, with fifty cubits around it for an open space. ³So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; ^din it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. ⁴It shall be ^ea holy section of the land, belonging to the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the Lord; it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. ^5fAn area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the ¹temple; they shall have ^gtwenty ²chambers as a possession.

Properties of the City and the Prince

^6h“You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel.