Eze 45:1-6, 48:35, Joe 3:17, Zec 14:20 | ESV | STEP | When you allot the land as an inheritance , you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits broad . It shall be holy throughout its whole extent .

Ezekiel 45:1-6

The Holy District

1 “When ^ayou allot the land as an inheritance, ^byou shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} long and 20,000 ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew ten} cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent. 2 ^eOf this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for ^fan open space around it. 3 And ^gfrom this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, ^hin which shall be the sanctuary, ⁱthe Most Holy Place. 4 ^jIt shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 ^kAnother section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in. ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew as their possession, twenty chambers}

6 “Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district ^myou shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. ⁿIt shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:35

35 The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And ^othe name of the city from that time on shall be, ^pThe Lord Is There.”

Joel 3:17

The Glorious Future of Judah

17 ^q“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
^rwho dwells in Zion, ^smy holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
and ^tstrangers shall never again pass through it.

Zechariah 14:20

20 And ^uon that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, ^v“Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar.