"*** EZEKIEL 16 ***" "A sacred Temple district to be set aside when" "Israels inheritanc es allotted in millennium When Israel is allotted her inheritance, a portion of the land 25,000 cubits square is to be set aside as a sacred district. The Levites to live around the Temple Within this district, a section 500 cubits square is to be for the Temple area with 50cubits around it for open land. A division of the sacred district, 10,000 cubits wide by 25,000 cubits long containing the Temple area, will be for the priests who minister before me. It shall be a place for their houses as well as for the Temple. A second division of the same size alongside of it," "will belong to the rest of the Levites who serve at the Temple. The Holy City Adjoining this is to be a third division, ,000 cubits wide by 25,000 cubits long with the Holy City at the centre of it. The cityshall be 4,500 cubits square with a 250 cubit border around it. East and west borders of the sacred district for growing food The remaining 10,000 cubits on the east and west shall supply food for those whoserve in the Holy City. Those who serve will be from all the tribes of Israel. The king to be also allocated land The land on either side of the sacred district extending as far as" "the east and west boundaries of Israel is to be given as an inheritance to the king. If the king should make a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, that servant may keep it until the year offreedom then it will revert to the king. For the kings inheritance belongs to his sons only. Nor must the king take any land off the people. He is to give his sons their inherit- ance out of his own property. All the people of Israel must give offerings of grain, oil and sheep You shall have just balances. And this is the sacrifice offering which all the people of Israel shall make. A" "fifteenth part of all grain and a tenth part of all oil. 13Also one sheep from every flock of 200 from the well- watered pastures of Israel. The offerings to be given to the king who is in turn to furnish the offerings for appointed feasts These offerings are to be given to the king of Israel. 15It shall be his duty to furnish all the offerings for the appointed feasts of the house of Israel and for the atonement of the people. The Passover to be observed In the first month, on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover for seven days. During that time you are to eat breadmade without" "yeast. Each day the king is to provide a bull, a ram without defect, and a male goat as a sinoffering for himself and for all the people of the land. The inner east gate to be opened on each Sabbath and New Moon On the Sabbath day and on the day of The king shall enter and worship inside the gateway as the priests sacrifice hisofferings in the inner court. The people to worship outside the gate in the outer courtyard The people shall bow down and worship outside the gate in the outer courtyard. The kings Sabbath sacrifice six lambs and a ram The burnt offering the king is to offer every" "Sabbath is six lambs and a ram, allwithout blemish. Then the king is to withdraw from inside the east gateway, but the gate shall not beclosed until evening. The gate is to remain closed on the six working days of each week. However, should the king desire at other times to offer a freewill offering to Jehovah, the inner east gate can be openedfor him and he may make his offering as he does on the Sabbath day. People to come and go to the Temple by the outer north and south gates alternately When the people come to the Temple to worship at the appointed feasts, whoeverenters by the north gate" "is to go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out by the north gate. The king is to attend and depart appointed feasts with the people And when they come for the appointed feasts, the king is to come with them, and when they depart he is to depart with them. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered." "*** EZEKIEL 17 ***" "Water to flow eastward from the Temple Then the angel led me back to the Temple and I saw a fountain of water issuing from underthe front of the Temple and flowing toward the east, for the Temple doors faced east . He then took me" "out through the north gate and led me around to the outer gate facing east. I saw that the water continued to flow as a river, eastward . Then the angel walked eastward with the measuring line in his hand and measured off cubits . He led me across the water and it was ankle-deep . River lakes to form He then measured off 2000 cubits and the river was knee-deep . At 3000 cubits it was up to my waist . At 5000 cubits it was too deep to cross so he led me back to the bank . The river to flow into and freshen the Dead Sea The angel said to me , This river will flow toward the east and go down" "into the Jordan river valley where it will enter theDead Sea and the water in the Dead Sea shall become fresh. Swarms of fish to live in the Dead Sea Swarms of fish of many kinds will live there as varied as in the Great Sea, and fishermen will cast their nets along the shore. But the marshes shall not become fresh, they will be left for harvesting salt. Fruit trees to grow along the river banks I saw growing on the banks a great number of trees , on both sides of the river . The angel said to me , Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along the banks of the river.Their leaves shall not" "wither, nor will their fruit fail. The trees to bear fruit every month Every month they shall bear fruit, for water from the Temple flows to them. Theirfruit shall be for food and their leaves for healing. The millennial borders of Israel The word of the Lord came to me , These are the boundaries by which the land is tobe equally divided for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with two portions for Joseph. 12The west border: The Great Sea. The north border: From the Great Sea at a point level with the Hethlon road to Lebo,and then eastward to the border of Syria. The east" "border: The Syrian border south to the upper Jordan at Bashan andthen following the Jordan river as far south as Tamar, south of the Dead Sea. The south border: From Tamar, south west to the Wadi of Egypt then west to the Great Sea. Foreigners also to receive inheritances You are to allot the land as an inheritance for yourselves and for theforeigners who will settle among you and who have children. You are to consider them as native-born Israelites. In whatever tribe the foreigner settles, there you are to give him his inheritance. New tribal boundaries for Israel At the northern boundary" "Dan shall have his inheritance, from east to west. Next shall be Asher and then in turn, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben andJudah. Bordering Judah will be the sacred district, 25,000 cubits square that you are to set aside for the Temple and the Holy City. The land extending to the east and west of the sacred district is to belong to the king. As for the rest of the tribes, Benjamin will have the next portion, then in turn, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun and Gad. The new borders of gathered Israel in the latter days. The twelve gates of the Holy City to be named after the twelve tribes of" "Israel The gates of the Holy City are to be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be, Reuben, Judah, and Levi. On the east, Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan. On the south,Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun, and on the west, Gad, Asher, and Naphtali. The Holy City to be named The City of Jehovah The distance all around the city shall be ,000 cubits. 26The name of the city from that time on will be The City of Jehovah." "*** EZEKIEL 18 ***" "Siege of Tyre exhausting for Nebuchadnezzars armies In the twenty-seventh year this word of the Lord came to me , Son of man," "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon exhausted his armies in the campaign against Tyre.Every head was rubbed bare and every shoulder made raw. 2And neither he nor his army got any spoil from Tyre asrecompense for the labour expended. The spoils of Egypt to be given to Nebuchadnezzar as recompense Therefore I am going to give Nebuch- adnezzar the land of Egypt as a reward for what he and his army did for me. He shallplunder the land and carry off its wealth and obtain pay for his army. Israel to begin to recover in that day On that day new life shall begin to grow from the stump of Israel, and" "you son of man will speak out in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord."