Ezekiel 45:1-25

“When you apportion the land as an inheritance to each tribe, you must set aside a sacred portion for YAHWEH. It is to be 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. The entire area of this land will be sacred. And inside this area, a square plot of land 500 cubits by 500 cubits must be set apart for the temple compound. All around the temple compound there will be a strip of open land that is 50 cubits wide on each side. Within this sacred portion you must mark off an area that is 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. This is the area set apart for the temple, the Holy of Holies. “This dedicated part of the land will be for the priests who minister before YAHWEH in his sanctuary. It will be for the priests’ houses and for the holy precincts of the temple. The other half of the area, a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide, will be owned by the Levites who minister at the temple, with towns for them to live in. You must assign an area 25,000 cubits long by 5,000 cubits wide, adjacent to the land belonging to my sanctuary. This will belong to all the people of Israel.” “The prince will have land on both sides of the holy area and the city. West of the holy area and the city, his land will reach to the Mediterranean Sea. East of the holy area and the city, his land will reach to the eastern border of the country. It will correspond in length to the land given to each tribe. This will be the prince’s property in Israel. Then my leaders will no longer bully and oppress my people. They will permit the people of Israel to live peacefully and possess the rest of the country for its tribes.” Lord YAHWEH says this: “You have overstepped your bounds, you leaders of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and start practicing justice and righteousness. I, Lord YAHWEH, say to you: Do what is right and just, and stop forcing people from their homes so that you can take their property. You must have accurate scales and a true standard of measurement for grains (known as an ephah) and for liquids (known as a bath). The measurement of an ephah and bath must be equal, and each will be one-tenth of a homer, the bath and the ephah one-tenth of a homer. The standard for measuring will be based on the homer. A shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. A mina is to consist of sixty shekels.” “These are the things you must bring as an offering to God: “One-sixtieth of your wheat, One-sixtieth of your barley, One-hundredth of your olive oil, using the standard measurement known by all, Then, one sheep (or goat) is to be taken from every flock of two hundred livestock from the well-watered pastures of Israel. “I, Lord YAHWEH, declare that these offerings will be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people. “All the people of the land will be required to give these offerings to the prince of Israel. The prince will be responsible to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the drink offerings for feasts, new moons, Sabbaths, and all the appointed feasts of the people of Israel. The prince must provide the sacrifice for sin, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offerings to make atonement for the people of Israel.” Lord YAHWEH says: “On the first day of each new year, you must select a perfect young bull without blemish to sacrifice to purify the sanctuary. The priest must take the blood of the sin offering and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate to the inner courtyard. You must do the same seven days later, on behalf of anyone who has sinned unintentionally or through ignorance. In this way you will purify the temple. “Then seven days later, on the fourteenth day of the first month, you will observe the Passover Feast for seven days. During that time everyone must eat bread made without yeast. On the first day of the feast, the prince must offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin, for himself and all the sins of the people of the land. And on each of the seven days of the festival the prince will offer YAHWEH a burnt offering of seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish or defect. And every day he will also offer a male goat to take away the sins of the people. The prince must also offer one ephah of grain for each bull and each ram sacrificed. And he will also offer one hin of oil for each ephah.” “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month and on each of the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles, the prince must supply the provisions for the sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the oil.”