Ezekiel 45:5
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And five and twenty thousand of length, and ten thousand of breadth shall be for the Levites, that minister in the house: they shall possess twenty store chambers.

the five

Ezekiel 48:10,13,20 And these shall be the firstfruits of the sanctuary for the priests: toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the sea ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east also 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. . . .

the ministers

1 Corinthians 9:13,14 Know you not that they who work in the holy place eat the things that are of the holy place; and they that serve the altar partake with the altar? . . .

for a possession

Ezekiel 40:17 And he brought me into the outward court, and behold there were chambers, and a pavement of stone in the court round about: thirty chambers encompassed the pavement.

1 Chronicles 9:26-33 To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord. . . .

Nehemiah 10:38,39 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithes of the Levites, and the Levites shall offer the tithe of their tithes in the house of our God, to the storeroom into the treasure house. . . .

Context
Consecration of the Land
4The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to the ministry of the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and for the holy place of the sanctuary. 5And five and twenty thousand of length, and ten thousand of breadth shall be for the Levites, that minister in the house: they shall possess twenty store chambers.6And you shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, according to the separation of the sanctuary, for the whole house of Israel.…
Cross References
Leviticus 23:42
And you shall dwell in bowers seven days. Every one that is of the race of Israel, shall dwell in tabernacles:

Ezekiel 48:13
And the Levites in like manner shall have by the borders of the priests five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth. All the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

Lexicon
[An adjacent area] 25,000 [cubits]
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (wa·ḥă·miš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

long
אֹ֔רֶךְ (’ō·reḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 753: Length

and 10,000 [cubits]
וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

wide
רֹ֑חַב (rō·ḥaḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7341: Breadth, width

shall belong
וְֽהָיָ֡ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to the Levites
לַלְוִיִּם֩ (lal·wî·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

who minister
מְשָׁרְתֵ֨י (mə·šā·rə·ṯê)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8334: To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to

in the temple;
הַבַּ֧יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

it will be their possession
לַאֲחֻזָּ֖ה (la·’ă·ḥuz·zāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 272: Something seized, a possession

for towns in which to live.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth


Additional Translations
An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.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.

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

the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and the Levites that attend the house, they shall have cities to dwell in for a possession.

And [a space of] five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall the Levites, who do the service of the house, have for themselves, for a possession, for their habitations.

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

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.

Twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall be to the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession to themselves, [for] twenty rooms.

'And of the five and twenty thousand of length, and of the ten thousand of breadth, there is to the Levites, ministrants of the house, for them -- for a possession -- twenty chambers.
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