4 The holy H6944 portion of the land H776 shall be for the priests H3548 the ministers H8334 of the sanctuary, H4720 which shall come near H7131 to minister H8334 unto the LORD: H3068 and it shall be a place H4725 for their houses, H1004 and an holy place H4720 for the sanctuary. H4720
And he spake H1696 unto Korah H7141 and unto all his company, H5712 saying, H559 Even to morrow H1242 the LORD H3068 will shew H3045 who are his, and who is holy; H6918 and will cause him to come near H7126 unto him: even him whom he hath chosen H977 will he cause to come near H7126 unto him.
And he said H1696 unto me, This H2090 chamber, H3957 whose prospect H6440 is toward H1870 the south, H1864 is for the priests, H3548 the keepers H8104 of the charge H4931 of the house. H1004
And they shall not come near H5066 unto me, to do the office of a priest H3547 unto me, nor to come near H5066 to any of my holy things, H6944 in the most holy H6944 place: but they shall bear H5375 their shame, H3639 and their abominations H8441 which they have committed. H6213 But I will make H5414 them keepers H8104 of the charge H4931 of the house, H1004 for all the service H5656 thereof, and for all that shall be done H6213 therein.
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: H5159 I am their inheritance: H5159 and ye shall give H5414 them no possession H272 in Israel: H3478 I am their possession. H272
Moreover, when ye shall divide H5307 by lot the land H776 for inheritance, H5159 ye shall offer H7311 an oblation H8641 unto the LORD, H3068 an holy portion H6944 of the land: H776 the length H753 shall be the length H753 of five H2568 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 reeds, and the breadth H7341 shall be ten H6235 thousand. H505 This shall be holy H6944 in all the borders H1366 thereof round about. H5439
And for them, even for the priests, H3548 shall be this holy H6944 oblation; H8641 toward the north H6828 five H2568 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 in length, and toward the west H3220 ten H6235 thousand H505 in breadth, H7341 and toward the east H6921 ten H6235 thousand H505 in breadth, H7341 and toward the south H5045 five H2568 and twenty H6242 thousand H505 in length: H753 and the sanctuary H4720 of the LORD H3068 shall be in the midst H8432 thereof. It shall be for the priests H3548 that are sanctified H6942 of the sons H1121 of Zadok; H6659 which have kept H8104 my charge, H4931 which went not astray H8582 when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 went astray, H8582 as the Levites H3881 went astray. H8582
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Commentary on Ezekiel 45 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 45
In this chapter is further represented to the prophet, in vision,
Eze 45:1-8
Directions are here given for the dividing of the land after their return to it; and, God having warranted them to do it, would be an act of faith, and not of folly, thus to divide it before they had it. And it would be welcome news to the captives to hear that they should not only return to their own land, but that, whereas they were now but few in number, they should increase and multiply, so as to replenish it. But this never had its accomplishment in the Jewish state after the return out of captivity, but was to be fulfilled in the model of the Christian church, which was perfectly new (as this division of the land was quite different from that in Joshua's time) and much enlarged by the accession of the Gentiles to it; and it will be perfected in the heavenly kingdom, of which the land of Canaan had always been a type. Now,
Eze 45:9-12
We have here some general rules of justice laid down both for prince and people, the rules of distributive and commutative justice; for godliness without honesty is but a form of godliness, will neither please God nor avail to the benefit of any people. Be it therefore enacted, by the authority of the church's King and God,
Eze 45:13-25
Having laid down the rules of the righteousness toward men, which is really a branch off true religion, he comes next to give some directions for their religion towards God, which is a branch of universal righteousness.