--- title: "Ezekiel 45 - Study King James Bible with ellicotts commentary for english readers" description: "Read Ezekiel 45 with ellicotts commentary for english readers commentary. 1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/ellicotts-commentary-for-english-readers/ezekiel/45" --- [ Read](/kjv/ezekiel/45)[ Commentary](/study/ezekiel/45)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/ezekiel/45) Audio 1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length *shall be* the length of five and twenty thousand *reeds*, and the breadth *shall be* ten thousand. This *shall be* holy in all the borders thereof round about.** 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred *in length*, with five hundred *in breadth*, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.* 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary *and* the most holy *place*. 4 The holy *portion* of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. 5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. 6 ¶ 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. 7 ¶ And a *portion shall be* for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy *portion*, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy *portion*, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length *shall be* over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. 8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and *the rest of* the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. 9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.* 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel *shall be* twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. 13 This *is* the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, *ye shall offer* the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, *which is* an homer of ten baths; for ten baths *are* an homer: 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.** 16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.** 17 And it shall be the prince’s part *to give* burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.* 18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first *month*, in the first *day* of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put *it* upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh *day* of the month for every one that erreth, and for *him that is* simple: so shall ye reconcile the house. 21 In the first *month*, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock *for* a sin offering. 23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily *for* a sin offering. 24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. 25 In the seventh *month*, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil. [Ezekiel 44](/study/ezekiel/44) [Ezekiel 46](/study/ezekiel/46) ## Commentary To verse 1 **XLV.** This and the first part of the following chapter form a remarkable portion of the book. They first describe the setting apart of a large part of the whole land for the sanctuary, the priests, the prince, and the city, in a way and in a geographical position entirely unknown either in the past or the subsequent history of the people ([Ezekiel 45:1-8](/kjv/ezekiel/45/1-8)). The portion assigned to the prince is to prevent violence and exaction on his part; in this connection all unjust measurements are to cease, and standard weights and measures are prescribed ([Ezekiel 45:9-12](/kjv/ezekiel/45/9-12)). Then follow directions for the tax or “oblation” to be paid by the people to the prince, that he may be able to furnish the required sacrifices ([Ezekiel 45:13-17](/kjv/ezekiel/45/13-17)). The chapter closes with directions concerning the daily sacrifices and the feasts, these feasts being in part unknown to the law; while some feasts that were prominent in the law are entirely omitted, and the ritual of nearly all is greatly changed. The whole is so different from the arrangements of the Mosaic economy, and so foreign to the restoration of that economy on the return from the exile, that it can only be explained of an ideal picture which both prophet and people understood was not to receive a literal realisation. (1) **When ye shall divide by lot.—**The same expression is used in [Ezekiel 47:22](/kjv/ezekiel/47/22); [Ezekiel 48:29](/kjv/ezekiel/48/29), as it had long before been used in [Joshua 13:6](/kjv/joshua/13/6); but that it does not imply anything of chance is plain from the fact that in Ezekiel 48 a definite portion of the land is assigned to each of the tribes by name. The idea seems to be the same as is conveyed by our word *allotment.* **An oblation.**—Literally *a heave offering.* This portion of the land is thus called from its analogy to the sacrificial gifts which were lifted up or *heaved* before the Lord. As a small portion of these was burned upon the altar and the rest given to the priests, so here, a small part of this territory was to be occupied by the sanctuary and the rest given to the priests and Levites. A fuller description of this oblation is given in [Ezekiel 48:8-22](/kjv/ezekiel/48/8-22); it is here merely mentioned in connection with the support of the priests and the prince. **Five and twenty thousand.—**In the original there is no mention of the measure to be used, but the English has rightly supplied *reeds.* This is plain both from the size of the precincts of the Temple, which are made 500 reeds square in [Ezekiel 42:16-20](/kjv/ezekiel/42/16-20), and from the special mention of cubits in [Ezekiel 45:2](/kjv/ezekiel/45/2) implying that the measure in other cases was different. The length is from east to west, as shown by [Ezekiel 48:8](/kjv/ezekiel/48/8). This length of 25,000 reeds or 150,000 cubits is something over forty-seven statute miles. For its location and comparative size see the map under [Ezekiel 48:0](/kjv/ezekiel/48/0). **The breadth shall be ten thousand.—**The Greek here reads *twenty* thousand, and many would alter the text accordingly, but without any advantage. We know from [Ezekiel 48:8](/kjv/ezekiel/48/8); [Ezekiel 48:20](/kjv/ezekiel/48/20), that the whole width of the oblation was 25,000, the same as its length; and this was made up of three portions: the northernmost, 10,000 wide ([Ezekiel 48:13](/kjv/ezekiel/48/13)), for the Levites; the next, of the same width ([Ezekiel 48:10](/kjv/ezekiel/48/10)), for the priests, in the midst of which was the sanctuary; and the remainder, half as wide ([Ezekiel 48:15](/kjv/ezekiel/48/15)), for “a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs.” Yet while this whole territory is there called the *oblation,* the particular portion for the priests is also called by the same name ([Ezekiel 48:9](/kjv/ezekiel/48/9)). 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