And there shall be for the sanctuary on every side five hundred by
five hundred, foursquare round about: and fifty cubits for the suburbs
thereof round about.
45:3. And with this measure thou shalt measure the length of five and
twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand, and in it shall be the
temple and the holy of holies.
45:4. The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the
ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to the ministry of the Lord:
and it shall be a place for their houses, and for the holy place of the
sanctuary.
45:5. And five and twenty thousand of length, and ten thousand of
breadth shall be for the Levites, that minister in the house: they shall
possess twenty store chambers.
45:6. And you shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand
broad, and five and twenty thousand long, according to the separation of
the sanctuary, for the whole house of Israel.
45:7. For the prince also on the one side and on the other side,
according to the separation of the sanctuary, and according to the
possession of the city, over against the separation of the sanctuary,
and over against the possession of the city: from the side of the sea
even to the sea, and from the side of the east even to the east. And the
length according to every part from the west border to the east border.
45:8. He shall have a portion of the land in Israel: and the princes
shall no more rob my people: but they shall give the land to the house
of Israel according to their tribes:
45:9. Thus saith the Lord God: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel:
cease from iniquity and robberies, and execute judgment and justice,
separate your confines from my people, saith the Lord God.
45:10. You shall have just balances, and a just ephi, and a just bate.
45:11. The ephi and the bate shall be equal, and of one measure: that
the bate may contain the tenth part of a core, and the ephi the tenth
part of a core: their weight shall be equal according to the measure of
a core.
The ephi and the bate... These measures were of equal capacity, but the
bate served for liquids, and the ephi for dry things.
45:12. And the sicle hath twenty obols. Now twenty sicles, and five and
twenty sicles, and fifteen sicles, make a mna,
45:13. And these are the firstfruits, which you shall take: the sixth
part of an ephi of a core of wheat, and the sixth part of an ephi of a
core of barley.
45:14. The measure of oil also, a bat
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