Self-interpreting Bible

1 MOREOVER, when ye shall ¹divide ^aby lot the land for inheritance, ye shall ^boffer an ^*oblation unto the LORD, ²an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand ^creeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

• 1: Heb. cause the land to fall by lot.
• a: Eze. 47:22 , Jos. 13:6 , Nu. 34:13 , Pr. 16:33 , Ep. 2:5 - 9 , Ps. 16:5 , Ps. 16:6
• b: Eze. 45:1 - 8 , Eze. 48:8 - 23 , Eze. 44:30 , Ro. 12:1 , 1Pe. 2:5
• *: oblations-sacrifices, offerings.
• 2: Heb. holiness. Ex. 28.36. , Ex. 28:36
• c: Eze. 42:16 - 20

2 Of this there shall be ^dfor the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the ³suburbs thereof.

• d: Eze. 42:20 , Eze. 48:18 , He. 12:22 - 24
• 3: Or, void places.

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

• e: Eze. 48:10 , Eze. 41:4

4 ^fThe 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.

• f: Eze. 45:1 , Eze. 40:46 , Eze. 43:19 , Eze. 44:15 , Eze. 44:16 , Eze. 48:11 , Eze. 48:12

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

• g: 1Co. 9:13 , 1Co. 9:14
• h: Eze. 40:17 , Eze. 41:5 - 9 , Eze. 42:5 , 2Ch. 3:9 , Je. 35:2

6 ¶ⁱAnd 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 be for the whole house of Israel.

• i: Eze. 48:15 - 17 , Eze. 48:30 , Eze. 48:32
• *: oblations-sacrifices, offerings.

7 ¶^jAnd a portion shall be for ^kthe prince on the one side and on the other side of the ^*oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, ^lbefore the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.

• j: Eze. 46:16 - 18 , Eze. 48:21 , Is. 9:6 , Is. 53:12 , De. 32:9 , Ps. 2:8 , Ps. 2:9 , Ps. 72:8 , Zec. 14:8 , Zec. 14:9 , Re. 11:15 , Da. 7:14 , Is. 9:6 , Is. 9:7 , Phi. 2:9 - 11 , Ep. 1:20 - 23
• k: Eze. 44:3
• *: oblations-sacrifices, offerings.
• l: Is. 49:12 , Is. 49:23 , Is. 60:3 , Is. 60:10 , Is. 60:16 , Ps. 72:8 , Re. 21:24

8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and ^mmy princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel ⁿaccording to their tribes.

• m: Eze. 1:16 , Eze. 1:18 , Eze. 22:27 , Eze. 19:6 , Eze. 19:7 , Eze. 46:18 , Pr. 28:16 , Je. 22:17 , Ps. 45:16 , Ps. 49:14 , Da. 7:27 , Lu. 19:17 , 1Co. 6:2 , Re. 2:26 , Re. 5:10 , Ps. 72:2 , Is. 11:3 , Is. 29:18 , Is. 29:20 , Is. 42:1 - 4 , Zep. 3:13
• n: Jos. 11:23 , Eze. 47:13 , Eze. 47:21 , Eze. 48:1 - 7 , Eze. 48:23 - 28

9 ¶Thus saith the Lord GOD; ^oLet it suffice you, O princes of Israel: ^premove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your ⁴exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

• o: Eze. 44:6 , 1Pe. 4:3
• p: Is. 1:17 , Is. 1:26 , Is. 60:17 , Is. 60:18 , Is. 57:14 , Je. 2:3 , Je. 2:16 , Je. 22:3 , Zec. 8:16 , Eze. 33:14 - 16 , Ne. 5:1 - 13 , 1Co. 6:7 , 1Co. 6:8
• 4: Heb. expulsions.

10 ^qYe shall have just balances, and a ^rjust ephah, and a just bath.

• q: Le. 19:35 , Le. 19:36 , Pr. 11:1 , Mat. 7:12
• r: De. 24:14 , De. 24:15 , Am. 8:5

11 ^sThe ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of ^tan homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

• s: Is. 5:10 , Am. 8:5
• t: Le. 27:16

12 And the shekel shall be twenty ^ugerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your ⁵maneh.

• u: Ex. 30:13 , Le. 27:25 , Nu. 3:47 , 2Ch. 9:16
• 5: Or, pound. 1Ki. 10.17. , 1Ki. 10:17

13 This is the ^v*oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:

• v: Ga. 6:6 , 1Co. 9:13 - 15 , 1Ti. 5:17 , Eze. 44:30
• *: oblations-sacrifices, offerings.

14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:

15 And one ⁶lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the ^wfat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for ⁷peace offerings, to ^xmake reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

• 6: Or, kid.
• w: Pr. 3:9 , Mal. 1:8 , Mal. 1:14 , Nu. 18:12 , Nu. 18:29 , Ge. 13:10
• 7: Or, thank offerings.
• x: Le. 1:4 , He. 9:22 , He. 9:23 , He. 13:16 , Tit. 2:12 - 14

16 All the people of the land ⁸shall give this ^y*oblation ⁹for the prince in Israel.

• 8: Heb. shall be for.
• y: Ex. 30:14 , Ex. 30:15
• *: oblations-sacrifices, offerings.
• 9: Or, with. Is. 16.1. , Is. 16:1

17 ^zAnd it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and ^adrink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall ^bprepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the ¹⁰peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

• z: Eze. 46:4 - 7 , Eze. 46:9 , Eze. 46:12 - 15 , Is. 66:23 , 2Ch. 5:6 , 2Ch. 30:24 , 2Ch. 35:7 , Ezr. 1:5 , Ezr. 6:8 , Ezr. 6:9 , Numbers 28 , Numbers 29 , Numbers 15 , Leviticus 1 - 7 , Leviticus 16 , Leviticus 23 , Jn. 1:16 , Jn. 15:5 , Ro. 11:36 , Ga. 2:20
• a: Ex. 29:40
• b: 1Pe. 2:24 , 1Pe. 3:18 , 2Co. 5:21 , Ga. 3:13 , Jn. 6:51 , Col. 1:20 , Ep. 1:3 , Ep. 5:20 , 1Pe. 2:5 , Ro. 12:1 , Le. 14:19
• 10: Or, thank offerings.

18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; ^cIn the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take ^da young bullock without blemish, and ^ecleanse the sanctuary:

• c: Ex. 12:2 , Nu. 28:11 - 15
• d: Eze. 45:15 , Le. 22:20 , He. 7:26 , 2Co. 5:21
• e: Le. 16:16 , Ga. 4:1 - 3 , Ga. 3:23 , He. 9:8 , He. 10:19 - 22 , 1Jn. 1:7 , Re. 1:5 , 1Pe. 1:18 , 1Pe. 1:19 , Tit. 2:14 , Ga. 1:4 , Ga. 6:14

19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon ^fthe posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the ^*settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

• f: Eze. 41:21 , Eze. 43:14 , Eze. 43:20 , Eze. 46:1
• *: settle-base, pedestal, ledge.

20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that ^gerreth, and for him that is ^*simple: so shall ye ^hreconcile the house.

• g: Le. 4:27
• *: simple-ignorant, foolish.
• h: Eze. 45:18 , Col. 1:20 , Ro. 5:10 , Ep. 2:13 , Ep. 2:14

21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ⁱye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

• i: Exodus 12 , Numbers 9 , Numbers 28 , Le. 23:5 - 8 , De. 16:1 - 8 , 1Co. 5:7 , 1Co. 5:8

22 And ^jupon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a ^kbullock for a sin offering.

• j: Mat. 20:28 , Tit. 2:14 , 1Pe. 2:24 , 1Pe. 3:18 , Matthew 26 , Matthew 27 , Mark 15 , Mark 16 , Luke 22 , Luke 23 , John 18 , John 19
• k: Le. 4:14

23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams ^lwithout blemish daily the seven days; and a ^mkid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

• l: He. 7:26 , Is. 53:9 , 2Co. 5:21 , 1Pe. 3:18 , 1Jn. 3:5
• m: Nu. 28:15

24 And he shall prepare ⁿa meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and ^oan hin of oil for an ephah.

• n: Eze. 46:5 , Eze. 46:7 , Nu. 28:12 , Eze. 45:15 , Eze. 45:17 , Numbers 15
• o: Ex. 29:40

25 In the seventh month, ^pin the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

• p: Le. 23:33 - 43 , Nu. 29:12 - 38 , De. 16:13 - 15 , Jn. 1:14 , Zec. 14:16 - 19