Ezekiel 45:5 Cross References - LEB

⁵ And an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width will be for the Levites, the servants of the temple. It will serve as property for them _⌊as cities to dwell in_⌋.*

²⁶ For the four mighty gatekeepers, they who were Levites, _⌊were entrusted_⌋* and were over the chambers and over the storerooms of the house of God. ²⁷ And they lodged all around the house of God, for upon them was a responsibility. And _⌊they had charge of opening the house of God every morning_⌋.* ²⁸ And some of them were over the utensils of the service, for _⌊they count them_⌋* when they are brought in and _⌊they count them_⌋* when they are brought out. ²⁹ And some of them were appointed over the objects, over the objects of the sanctuary, and over the wheat flour and the wine, the olive oil, the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰ And some of the sons of the priests mixed the fragrant ointment for the spices. ³¹ And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite and _⌊was entrusted_⌋* with the work of the pan breads. ³² And from the sons of the Kohathites, some of their kinsmen were over the _⌊showbread_⌋* to prepare it _⌊every Sabbath_⌋.* ³³ Now these were the singers; the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of the Levites were in the chambers free from other service, for day and night they were over them on the service.

³⁸ And the priest, the descendant* of Aaron, will be with the Levites during the tithe the Levites receive. The Levites will bring up a tithe of the tithes for the house of our God to the chambers of the storehouse. ³⁹ For the _⌊Israelites_⌋* and the _⌊Levites_⌋* will bring to the storerooms the offering of grain, new wine, and olive oil. These are the objects of the sanctuary and the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God."

¹⁷ And he brought me to the outer courtyard, and there were chambers and a pavement made for the courtyard all around it, and thirty chambers were facing to the pavement.

¹⁰ And to these shall be _⌊the holy district_⌋:* to the priests northwards twenty-five thousand cubits,* and westwards its width ten thousand cubits,* and eastwards its width ten thousand cubits,* and southwards its length twenty-five thousand cubits,* and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.

¹³ And the Levites _⌊alongside_⌋* the territory of the priests shall have twenty-five thousand cubits* in length and in width ten thousand cubits,* its _⌊full length_⌋,* twenty-five thousand cubits* and its full width, ten thousand cubits.*

²⁰ All of the contribution, twenty-five thousand by twenty five thousand cubits* square, you shall set apart as _⌊the holy district_⌋* along with the property of the city.

¹³ Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, and those attending to the altar have a share with the altar? ¹⁴ In the same way also the Lord ordered those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.