Leviticus 25:23

Redemption of Property

23“The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for athe land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.

Proverbs 3:9

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with bthe firstfruits of all your produce;

Ezekiel 45:2-7

2 cOf this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for dan open space around it. 3And efrom this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, fin which shall be the sanctuary, gthe Most Holy Place. 4 hIt 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 iAnother 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 kyou shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. lIt shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

The Portion for the Prince

7 m“And to nthe prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary

Ezekiel 48:8-23

8Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be othe portion which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits
A  cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with qthe sanctuary in the midst of it.
9The portion that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000
Compare 45:1; Hebrew ten
in breadth.
10 sThese shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring 25,000 cubits on the northern side, 10,000 cubits in breadth on the western side, 10,000 in breadth on the eastern side, and 25,000 in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the midst of it. 11This shall be for tthe consecrated priests, uthe sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, vas the Levites did. 12And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites. 13 wAnd alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in breadth. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the breadth 20,000.
Septuagint; Hebrew 10,000
14They yshall not sell or exchange any of it. They shall not alienate zthis choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.

15 aa“The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be abfor common use for the city, for dwellings and for acopen country. In the midst of it shall be the city, 16and these shall be its measurements: adthe north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500. 17And the city shall have open land: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250, on the east 250, and on the west 250. 18The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be 10,000 cubits to the east, and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. aeIts produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19And the workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall till it. 20The whole portion that afyou shall set apart shall be 25,000 cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.

21 ag“What remains on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city shall belong to the prince. Extending from the 25,000 cubits of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the west border, parallel to the tribal portions, it shall belong to the prince. ahThe holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple shall be in its midst. 22It shall be separate from the property of the Levites and the property of the city, which are in the midst of that which belongs to the prince. The portion of the prince shall lie between the territory of Judah and the territory of Benjamin.

23“As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion.
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