Ezekiel 45KJV
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1Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

2Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

3And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

4The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

5And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

6And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

7And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

8In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

9Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

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 an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an 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 of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:

14Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:

15And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.

16All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.

17And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

18Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

19And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

20And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile 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 seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

24And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.

25In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

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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.

Cross References

Ezekiel 45

Christ as our true Passover sacrifice, represented spiritually by the feast of unleavened bread.

Supported by Matthew Henry, JFB

v1Ezekiel 48:8-23thematic

The fuller geographic layout and distribution of the sacred land allocation among the tribes.

Supported by JFB

v7Ezekiel 44:3thematic

Identifies the role and close relationship of the prince to the sanctuary and its offerings.

Supported by JFB

v10Leviticus 19:35thematic

The original Mosaic law standard demanding honest weights and just balances in civil dealings.

Supported by Matthew Poole

v10Leviticus 19:36thematic

Explicit commandment concerning the just ephah and just balances, mirroring Ezekiel's call.

Supported by Matthew Poole

v12Exodus 30:13thematic

Establishes the standard temple tax weight of the shekel defined as twenty gerahs.

Supported by JFB

v4Ezekiel 44:28thematic

Confirms God as the inheritance and possession of the ministering priests.

Supported by Matthew Poole

Regulations preventing the prince from abusing power or alienating land from the tribes.

Supported by Matthew Poole

Mosaic sacrificial provision for unintentional sins of ignorance or the simple.

Supported by JFB

v21Leviticus 23:5-8thematic

The foundational Levitical institution of the Passover feast and seven days of unleavened bread.

Supported by Matthew Henry

The Feast of Tabernacles in the seventh month, which the prince must also celebrate.

Supported by JFB

v3Ezekiel 48:10thematic

Shows the exact dimensions of the holy oblation portion designated for the priests.

Supported by Matthew Poole

v5Ezekiel 48:13thematic

Shows the designated portion of land allocated specifically for the Levites.

Supported by Matthew Poole

v12Numbers 18:16thematic

Mosaic monetary definition of the shekel valued at twenty gerahs.

Supported by Matthew Poole

v18Leviticus 16:16thematic

The Day of Atonement ritual for cleansing the holy sanctuary because of uncleanness.

Supported by Matthew Poole

v19Ezekiel 43:20thematic

Parallel ritual of putting blood on the horns and corners of the altar to cleanse it.

Supported by Matthew Poole

v10Proverbs 11:1thematic

Wisdom literature condemning false balances and praising just scales as God's delight.

Supported by Matthew Henry

v10Amos 8:5contrast

Prophetic condemnation of those who make the ephah small and falsify balances by deceit.

Supported by Matthew Henry

v17Ezekiel 46:4-12thematic

Specific details on how the prince is to offer sacrifices in the feasts.

Supported by Matthew Poole

Exhortation to keep the feast not with old leaven, but with sincerity and truth.

Supported by Matthew Henry