Ezekiel 45:6
in Ezekiel 45As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, side by side with the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 45
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd ye shall appoint the possession of the city, Which is something distinct from the house or temple, which was as the frame of a city, being so large, and consisting of so many parts, Eze 40:2 and seems also different from the city in Eze 48:30, the measures of the one and of the other not agreeing.
This site's exposition
As the property of the city
on Ezekiel 45:6-8
A third strip, “5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long,” belongs to the whole house of Israel as the city's land. The chapter's plainest moral note follows, “My princes will no longer oppress My people.” The grant answers the abuse the kings before the exile were charged with.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 45, vers. 1 and following) When you begin to divide the land as an inheritance, set apart for the Lord a portion of the land, twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width, which shall be consecrated in all its boundaries. This portion shall be holy and shall be laid out in a square, five hundred by five hundred cubits in size, with fifty cubits of additional land as its outskirts.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The portion for the city was fully as long, but only half as broad, as that for the sanctuary; for the city was enriched by trade and therefore had the less need of lands. The next allotment after the church-lands and the city-lands is of the crown-lands,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
This portion is to belong to the whole people, not to be subject to the encroachments made by the later kings of Judah Jer 22:13. The Levites’ portion 10,000 reeds, the priests’ portion 10,000 reeds, and the city portion 5,000 reeds. make in all 25,000 reeds from north to south. The measure of each of these portions from east to west has been defined to be 25,000 reeds (Eze 45:1 note), and thus we have a square of 25,000 in all.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחֻזַּ֨ת | vaachuzat | and [the] possession of | H272 → | 66 times |
| הָעִ֜יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| תִּתְּנ֗וּ | titenu | you will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חֲמֵ֤שֶׁת | chameshet | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אֲלָפִים֙ | ʾalafim | thousand [cubits] | H505 → | 505 times |
| רֹ֔חַב | rochav | breadth | H7341 → | 101 times |
| וְאֹ֗רֶךְ | veorekh | and length | H753 → | 95 times |
| חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה | chamishah | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אֶ֔לֶף | ʾelef | thousand [cubits] | H505 → | 505 times |
| לְעֻמַּ֖ת | leumat | <to> close to | H5980 → | 32 times |
| תְּרוּמַ֣ת | terumat | [the] contribution of | H8641 → | 76 times |
| הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ | hakodesh | <the> holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| יִהְיֶֽה׃ | yihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וַאֲחֻזַּ֨תand [the] possession of
vaachuzatH272 →66 times
הָעִ֜ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
תִּתְּנ֗וּyou will give
titenuH5414 →2011 times
חֲמֵ֤שֶׁתfive
chameshetH2568 →343 times
אֲלָפִים֙thousand [cubits]
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
רֹ֔חַבbreadth
rochavH7341 →101 times
וְאֹ֗רֶךְand length
veorekhH753 →95 times
חֲמִשָּׁ֤הfive
chamishahH2568 →343 times
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙and twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
אֶ֔לֶףthousand [cubits]
ʾelefH505 →505 times
לְעֻמַּ֖ת<to> close to
leumatH5980 →32 times
תְּרוּמַ֣ת[the] contribution of
terumatH8641 →76 times
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ<the> holiness
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
יִהְיֶֽה׃it will belong
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.