Ezekiel 45:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ This ·holy part [sacred portion] of the land will be for the priests who ·serve [minister] in the ·Temple [sanctuary], who come near to the Lord to ·serve [minister to] him. It will be a place for the priests’ houses and ·for the Temple [^La holy place for the sanctuary]. ⁵ Another area ·about seven miles [^Ltwenty-five thousand cubits] long and ·three miles wide [^Lten thousand cubits] will be for the Levites, who ·serve [minister] in the Temple area. It will belong to them so they will have cities in which to live.

⁶ “‘You must give the city an area that is ·about one and one-half miles [^Lfive thousand cubits] wide and ·about seven miles [^Ltwenty-five thousand cubits] long, along the side of the holy area. It will belong to all the ·people [^Lhouse] of Israel.