Ezekiel 48:8

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Summary

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

The offering

Ezekiel 45:1

The sanctuary

General references

Numbers 35:2

Bible References

The offering

"'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. This entire area will be holy.

The sanctuary

The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be: 'The Lord Is There.'"

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!"

Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

"Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.

And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him,

General references

"Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.