Ezekiel 45:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    This holy portion of the land will be set aside for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who draw near to serve the Lord. It will provide them with a place for their houses and a sanctuary for the sanctuary.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The resydue of that holy grounde shall be the prestes, which do seruyce in the Sanctuary of the LORDE, and go in before the LORDE to serue him, that they maye haue rowme to dwell in.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The holy portion of the lande shalbe the Priests, which minister in the Sanctuarie, which came neere to serue the Lorde: and it shalbe a place for their houses, and an holy place for the Sanctuarie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    That holy portion of the lande shall parteyne vnto the priestes which do seruice in the sanctuarie, which come neare to serue the Lorde: and it shalbe vnto them a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuarie.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The holy `portion' of the land it `is'; for priests, ministrants of the sanctuary, it is, who are drawing near to serve Jehovah; and it hath been to them a place for houses, and a holy place for a sanctuary.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    This holy part of the land is to be for the priests, the servants of the holy place, who come near to the Lord to do his work; it is to be a place for their houses and for grass-land and for cattle.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the LORD to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 16:5 : 5 And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, Tomorrow the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near to Him: even him whom He has chosen will He cause to come near to Him.
  • Ezek 40:45 : 45 Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple.
  • Ezek 43:19 : 19 You shall give to the priests, the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who come near to me to minister to me, says the Lord GOD, a young bull for a sin offering.
  • Ezek 44:13-14 : 13 And they shall not come near to me, to perform the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein.
  • Ezek 44:28 : 28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
  • Ezek 45:1 : 1 Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to the LORD, a holy portion of the land: the length shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth. This shall be holy within all its borders all around.
  • Ezek 48:10-11 : 10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy offering; toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst of it. 11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; who have kept my charge, and did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 45:5-7
    3 verses
    80%

    5And an area of twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

    6And you shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand in breadth, and twenty-five thousand in length, beside the offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

    7And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the offering of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, in front of the offering of the holy portion, and in front of the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be beside one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.

  • Ezek 45:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to the LORD, a holy portion of the land: the length shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth. This shall be holy within all its borders all around.

    2Of this, there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square all around; and fifty cubits all around for its suburbs.

    3And from this measurement, you shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

  • Ezek 48:10-15
    6 verses
    80%

    10And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy offering; toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst of it.

    11It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; who have kept my charge, and did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

    12And this offering of the land that is offered shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

    13And next to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

    14And they shall not sell it, nor exchange it, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy to the LORD.

    15And the five thousand that are left in the breadth opposite the twenty-five thousand shall be a common place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst of it.

  • Lev 27:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21But the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.

    22And if a man sanctifies to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;

  • Ezek 44:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13And they shall not come near to me, to perform the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

    14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein.

    15But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD:

    16They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.

  • Ezek 40:45-46
    2 verses
    76%

    45Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple.

    46The chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; they are the sons of Zadok, who are from the sons of Levi, who come near to the LORD to minister to Him."

  • Ezek 42:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Then he said to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate area, are holy chambers, where the priests who approach to the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

    14When the priests enter there, they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and approach to those things which are for the people.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    73%

    6But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

  • Num 5:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

    10And every man's sacred offerings shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.

  • Ezek 44:11
    72%

    11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

  • Ezek 48:21
    72%

    21And the remainder shall be for the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, opposite the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward opposite the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, opposite the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy offering; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.

  • Ezek 48:8
    72%

    8And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer of twenty-five thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

  • Ezek 46:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19After he brought me through the entry at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which faced toward the north: and, behold, there was a place at the two sides westward.

    20Then he said unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the grain offering; that they carry them not out into the outer court, to sanctify the people.

  • Lev 27:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And when a man sanctifies his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

    15And if he who sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be his.

  • Lev 7:6
    72%

    6Every male among the priests shall eat it: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    71%

    4Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

  • Exod 29:44
    71%

    44I will sanctify the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also sanctify both Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priest's office.

  • Gen 47:22
    71%

    22Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them: therefore they did not sell their lands.

  • 2 Chr 35:5
    71%

    5And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people, and according to the division of the families of the Levites.

  • Num 35:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well.

    3And the cities they shall have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

  • Lev 21:8
    71%

    8You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

  • Ezek 42:20
    70%

    20He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall all around, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred wide, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the common place.

  • Ezek 43:12
    70%

    12This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain, its entire area all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

  • Lev 22:15
    70%

    15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

  • Num 4:4
    70%

    4This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, regarding the most holy things:

  • Ezek 41:4
    70%

    4So he measured its length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

  • Lev 21:22
    70%

    22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

  • Lev 25:34
    70%

    34But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

  • Ezek 48:18
    70%

    18And the remainder in length opposite the offering of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be opposite the offering of the holy portion; and its increase shall be for food for those who serve the city.

  • Num 18:6
    70%

    6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Exod 30:29
    70%

    29And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whoever touches them must be holy.