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CHAPTER XLV. 249

CHAPTER XLY.

Xext follows a fresh characteristic of the new age, the
oblation set apart to Jehovah.
“ And when ye shall cause the land to fall by lot for
inheritance, ye shall heave an heave-offering unto Je­
hovah, a holy portion of the land. The length [shall
be] the length of five and twenty thousand, and the
breadth ten thousand; it shall be holy in all the border
round about. Of this shall be for the sanctuary five
hundred by five hundred, square round about; and fifty
cubits an open place for it round about. And of this mea­
sure 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. The holy
portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers
of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister
unto Jehovah : and it shall be a place for their houses,
and an holy place for the sanctuaiy. 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.” (Yers. 1-5.) Jehovah thus claims His
right as the acknowledged possessor of the land, but
uses them for His people’s sanctuary and those who
oarry on the worship there, whether priests or Levites.
It is a fresh arrangement for the millennial age; nothing
equivalent was known in the past.
“ And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five
thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long,
over against the oblation of the holy portion; it shall