Ezekiel 45

1And when you⌃ measure the land for inheritance, you⌃ shall set apart first fruits to theLord, a holy space of the land, in length twenty and five thousandreeds, and in breadth twenty thousand; it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. 2And there shall be a sanctuary out of this, five hundredreeds in length by five hundred in breadth, a square round about; andthere shall be a vacant spacebeyond this of fifty cubits round about. 3And out of this measurement shall you measure the length five and twenty thousand, andthe breadth twenty thousand: and in it shall be the holy of holies. 4Of the land shall bea portion for the priests that minister in the holy place, and it shall be for them that drawnear to minister to the Lord: and it shall be to them a place for houses set apart for their sacred office; 5the lengthshall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and the Levites that attendthe house, they shall have cities to dwell in for a possession. 6And you⌃ shall appointfor the possession of the city five thousand in breadth, and in length twenty-five thousand:after the manner of the first fruits of the holy portion, they shall be for all the house of Israel. 7And the princeshall have a portion out of this, and out of thisthere shall be a portion for the first fruits of the sanctuary,and for the possession of the city, in front of the first fruits of the sanctuary, and in frontof the possession of the city westward, and from the western parts eastward: and the lengthshall be equal to one of the parts of the western borders, and the lengthshall be to the eastern borders of the land. 8And he shall have it for a possession in Israel: and the princes of Israel shall no moreoppress my people; but the house of Israel shall inherit the land according to their tribes. 9Thus says the Lord God; Let it suffice you, you⌃ princes of Israel: remove injustice andmisery, execute judgment and justice; take away oppression from my people, says the Lord God. 10You⌃ shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just choenix for measure. 11And in like manner there shall be one choenix as a measure of capacity; the tenth ofthe homershall be the choenix, and the tenth of the homer shall be in fair proportion to the homer. 12And the weightsshall be twenty oboli, your pound shall be five shekels, fifteen shekels and fifty shekels. 13And these are the first fruits which you⌃ shall offer; a sixth part of a homer of wheat,and the sixth part of itshall consist of an ephah of a core of barley. 14Andyou⌃ shall give as the appointed measure of oil one bath of oil out of ten baths; for ten bathsare a homer. 15And one sheep from the flock out of ten, as an oblation from all the tribes of Israel,for sacrifices, and for whole burnt offerings, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for you, saysthe Lord God. 16And all the people shall give these first fruits to the prince of Israel. 17And through the prince shall beoffered the whole burnt offerings and the meat-offerings, and the drink-offerings in the feasts,and at the new moons, and on the sabbaths; and in all the feasts of the house of Israel: he shall offerthe sin-offerings, and the meat-offering, and the whole burnt offerings, and the peace-offerings, to makeatonement for the house of Israel. 18Thus says the Lord God; In the first month, on the firstday of the month, you⌃ shall take a calf without blemish out of the herd, to make atonementfor the holy place. 19And the priest shall take of the blood of the atonement, and put it on the thresholdsof the house, and upon the four corners of the temple, and upon the altar, and upon the thresholds ofthe gate of the inner court. 20And thus shall you do in the seventh month; on the firstday of the month you shall take a rate from each one; and you⌃ shall make atonement for thehouse. 21And in the firstmonth, on the fourteenthday of the month, you⌃ shall have the feast of the passover; seven days shall you⌃ eat unleavenedbread. 22And the prince shall offer in that day a calf for a sin-offering for himself, and thehouse, and for all the people of the land. 23And for the seven days of the feast he shall offer as whole burnt offerings to the Lordseven calves and seven rams without blemish daily for the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily fora sin-offering, and a meat-offering. 24And you shall prepare a cake for the calf, and cakes for the ram, and a hin of oil forthe cake. 25And in the seventh month, on the fifteenthday of the month, you shall sacrifice in the feast in the same way seven days, asthey sacrificed the sin-offerings, and the whole burnt offerings, and the free will offering,and the oil.

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