Ezekiel45
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1Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto Jehovah, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border thereof round about.
2Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred in length by five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.
3And of this measure shalt thou measure a length of five and twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.
4It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
5And five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall be unto the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession unto themselves, for twenty chambers.
6And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, side by side with the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
7And whatsoever is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy oblation and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable unto one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
8In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
12And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
13This is the oblation that ye shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley;
14and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer (for ten baths are a homer);
15and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel;—for a meal-offering, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord Jehovah.
16All the people of the land shall give unto this oblation for the prince in Israel.
17And it shall be the prince’s part to give the burnt-offerings, and the meal-offerings, and the drink-offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin-offering, and the meal-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel.
18Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish; and thou shalt cleanse the sanctuary.
19And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it upon the door-posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
20And so thou shalt do on the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye make atonement for the house.
21In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
22And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin-offering.
23And the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt-offering to Jehovah, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a he-goat daily for a sin-offering.
24And he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
25In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like the seven days; according to the sin-offering, according to the burnt-offering, and according to the meal-offering, and according to the oil.
Study Guide
Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for Ezekiel 45.
Chapter Summary
In this chapter: The Vision of the Temple. (1-25).
vv1-25
In the period here foretold, the worship and the ministers of God will be provided for; the princes will rule with justice, as holding their power under Christ; the people will live in peace, ease, and godliness. These things seem to be represented in language taken from the customs of the times in which the prophet wrote. Christ is our Passover that is sacrificed for us: we celebrate the memorial of that sacrifice, and feast upon it, triumphing in our deliverance out of the Egyptian slavery of sin, and our preservation from the destroying sword of Divine justice, in the Lord's supper, which is our passover feast; as the whole Christian life is, and must be, the feast of the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Key Words
נָפַל: to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
אֶרֶץ: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
נַחֲלָה: properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
רוּם: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
תְּרוּמָה: a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
מִן: properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
קֹדֶשׁ: a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
אֹרֶךְ: length
רֹחַב: width (literally or figuratively)
סָבִיב: (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Cross References
Ezekiel 45Christ as our true Passover sacrifice, represented spiritually by the feast of unleavened bread.
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The fuller geographic layout and distribution of the sacred land allocation among the tribes.
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Identifies the role and close relationship of the prince to the sanctuary and its offerings.
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The original Mosaic law standard demanding honest weights and just balances in civil dealings.
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Explicit commandment concerning the just ephah and just balances, mirroring Ezekiel's call.
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Establishes the standard temple tax weight of the shekel defined as twenty gerahs.
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Confirms God as the inheritance and possession of the ministering priests.
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Regulations preventing the prince from abusing power or alienating land from the tribes.
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Mosaic sacrificial provision for unintentional sins of ignorance or the simple.
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The foundational Levitical institution of the Passover feast and seven days of unleavened bread.
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The Feast of Tabernacles in the seventh month, which the prince must also celebrate.
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Shows the exact dimensions of the holy oblation portion designated for the priests.
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Shows the designated portion of land allocated specifically for the Levites.
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Mosaic monetary definition of the shekel valued at twenty gerahs.
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The Day of Atonement ritual for cleansing the holy sanctuary because of uncleanness.
Supported by Matthew Poole
Parallel ritual of putting blood on the horns and corners of the altar to cleanse it.
Supported by Matthew Poole
Wisdom literature condemning false balances and praising just scales as God's delight.
Supported by Matthew Henry
Prophetic condemnation of those who make the ephah small and falsify balances by deceit.
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Specific details on how the prince is to offer sacrifices in the feasts.
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Exhortation to keep the feast not with old leaven, but with sincerity and truth.
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