Ezekiel 45 · Verse 4

Ezekiel 45:4

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.
Ezekiel 45:4, King James Version

Ezekiel 45:4 in other translations

BSBIt will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
WEBIt is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the LORD. It shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
ASVIt 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.
YLTThe 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.
DARBYThis is the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests who do the service of the sanctuary, who draw near to serve Jehovah, and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
BBEThis 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.
WebsterThe holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, who shall come near to minister to the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

What does Ezekiel 45:4 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 The holy portion - See the plan, A.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 45:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קֹ֣דֶשׁKo.desh[will be] a holy portionH6944
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
ה֗וּאHu'itH1931
לַכֹּ֨הֲנִ֜יםla.Ko.ha.Nimto the priestsH3548
מְשָׁרְתֵ֤יme.sha.re.Tei[who] serveH8334
הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ha.mik.Dash<of> the sanctuaryH4720
יִֽהְיֶ֔הyih.Yehit will belongH1961
הַקְּרֵבִ֖יםha.ke.re.Vim<the> approachingH7131
לְשָׁרֵ֣תle.sha.Retto serveH8334
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְהָיָ֨הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
לָהֶ֤םla.Hemfor them
מָקוֹם֙ma.kOma placeH4725
לְבָ֣תִּ֔יםle.Va.Timfor housesH1004
וּמִקְדָּ֖שׁu.mik.Dashand a holy placeH4720
לַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ\׃la.mik.Dashfor the sanctuaryH4720

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 45:4

  • Ezekiel 43:19

    And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering.

  • Ezekiel 40:45

    And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

  • Numbers 16:5

    And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

  • Ezekiel 44:28

    And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

  • Ezekiel 48:10-11

    And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof. It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

  • Ezekiel 44:13-14

    And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto 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. But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

  • Ezekiel 45:1

    Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
holy portion.
1; 44:28; 48:11
which.
40:45; 43:19; 44:13,14; Nu 16:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 45:3

    And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

  • Ezekiel 45:4

    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.

  • Ezekiel 45:5

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

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Ezekiel 45:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Lo consagrado de esta tierra será para los sacerdotes ministros del santuario, que se llegan para ministrar á Jehová: y seráles lugar para casas, y lugar santo para el santuario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce sera une portion sanctifiée du pays; elle sera pour les sacrificateurs qui font le service du sanctuaire, qui s’approchent pour servir l’ Éternel; et ce sera un lieu pour leurs maisons, et un lieu consacré pour le sanctuaire.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dies soll ein Heiliges vom Lande sein; den Priestern, den Dienern des Heiligtums, soll es gehören, welche nahen, um Jehova zu dienen, und es soll ihnen ein Platz für Häuser sein, und ein Geheiligtes für das Heiligtum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sanctificatum de terra erit sacerdotibus ministris sanctuarii, qui accedunt ad ministerium Domini: et erit eis locus in domos, et in sanctuarium sanctitatis.