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"The holy district"

Text: Ezekiel 48:10

PROVISION FOR THE PRIESTS

The Lord had already given instruction concerning the holy district (Ezekiel 45). This word from God confirmed the use of the district of the Lord.

“The district that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. To these—to the priests—
the holy district shall belong: on the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, on the west ten thousand in width, on the east ten thousand in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand in length. The sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the centre. It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. And this district of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. Opposite the border of the priests, the Levites shall have an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand
in width; its entire length shall be twenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand. And they shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.”
Ezekiel 48:9-14

1. Set apart for the Lord.

a) The size of the land is about 166 sq. km.

b) This was given to the priests of Zadok.

i) They were called “sanctified”.

ii) They had proven themselves faithful.

iii) The land assigned to them was “most holy”.

iv) The sanctuary of the Lord would be entrusted to their care.

2. The Levites

a) They were provided for as well.

b) They had not been very faithful to the Lord in the past.

c) They can serve the Lord but not with reference to the holy sanctuary.

d) The land may be used by the Levites but they are not allowed to sell the property entrusted to them.

e) They may dwell in the land next to that given to the Zadok priests.