Ezekiel 45
1MOREOVER when you parcel out the land for possessions, you shall set apart for the Lord an oblation from the land, a holy portion twenty-five thousand cubits in length and twenty thousand cubits in breadth.
2It shall be holy in all its borders round about. And out of this shall be the holy portions, five hundred cubits by five hundred cubits, a square all around, and a space of fifty cubits all around it.
3Out of the measurement, when thou shalt measure off a length of twenty-five thousand and a breadth of twenty thousand,
4part shall be for the Holy of Holies and part shall be for the priests who minister in the sanctuary. There shall be both for them who draw near to minister to the Lord, and there shall be for the others, a place for houses set apart in their holy portions.
5The length of twenty-five thousand and the breadth of twenty thousand shall be for the Levites who serve in the house. They shall have for a possession cities to dwell in.
6And for the possession of the city thou shalt give five thousand in breadth and twenty-five thousand in length. This, in the same manner as that set apart for the sanctuary, shall belong to the whole house of Israel.
7And on each side of these there shall be allotted for the ruler, adjoining the holy oblation and the possession of the city, the tracts in front of the holy oblation and the possession of the city, both westward and eastward; and the length shall be like one of the portions from the boundaries on the sea to the eastern border of the land.
8And this shall be his possession in Israel. And the rulers of Israel shall no more oppress My people and the house of Israel shall possess the land according to their tribes.
9Thus saith the Lord God: Let this suffice you, O princes of Israel. Put an end to injustice and misery. Execute judgment and justice. Remove oppression from My people, saith the Lord God.
10Let your weights and measures be just.
11Let your chenix be the just part of the measure; and let the chenix uniformly contain the tenth of a gomar. Let a chenix and a tenth of a gomar, as it respecteth a gomar, be equal.
12And the weights shall be twenty oboli, five shekels, fifteen shekels. And fifty shekels shall be your mna [weight of money].
13Now this shall be the oblation which you shall set apart, a sixth of a measure from the gomar of wheat and the sixth of the same ephah from the cor of barley.
14And the ordinance of oil shall be one cotula of oil from ten cotulas; for the ten cotulas are a gomar.
15And a sheep from the flock, from every ten, shall be an oblation from all the families of Israel for sacrifices and for whole burnt offerings and for offerings of thanksgiving to make atonement for you, saith the Lord God.
16And all the people shall give this oblation to the ruler of Israel; and by the ruler shall be given the whole burnt offerings and the sacrifices and the libations at the festivals and at the new moons and on the sabbaths.
17At all the festivals of the house of Israel he shall make the sin offerings and the sacrifices and the whole burnt offerings and the offerings of thanksgiving to make atonement for the house of Israel.
18Thus saith the Lord God: In the first month on the first day of the month, you shall take from the herd a young bull without blemish, to make atonement for the sanctuary.
19And the priest shall take some of the blood of the atonement and put it on the door-posts of the house and on the four corners of the temple and on the altar and on the posts of the gate of the inner court.
20And in like manner thou shalt do in the seventh month. On the first of that month thou shalt receive a portion from every individual and you shall make atonement for the house.
21And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of this month, shall be your paschal festival. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
22And on that day the ruler shall offer, for himself and his house and for all the people of the land, a young bull for a sin offering.
23And during the seven days of the festival he shall offer as whole burnt offerings to the Lord, seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, every day during the seven days; and for a sin offering, a kid of the goats every day with a sacrifice.
24And thou shalt prepare a cake for the bull and cakes for the rams, with a hin of oil to the cake.
25And in the seventh month, on the fifteenth of the month, at that festival thou shalt do in like manner, during seven days, as well in regard to the sin offerings as to the whole burnt offerings and the cakes and the oil