New International Reader's Version

Ezekiel 45:6-16 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

6. "Give the city an area one and two thirds miles wide and eight and a fourth miles long. It will be right next to the sacred area. It will belong to all of the people of Israel.

7. "The prince will have land on both sides of the sacred area and the city. Its border will run east and west along the land of one of the tribes.

8. The prince will own that land in Israel. And my princes will not crush my people anymore. Instead, they will allow the people of Israel to receive their own share of land. It will be divided up based on their tribes."

9. The Lord and King says, "Princes of Israel, you have gone far enough! Stop hurting others. Do not crush them. Do what is fair and right. Stop taking my people's land away from them," announces the Lord and King.

10. "Use weights and measures that are honest and exact.

11. Use the same standard to measure dry and liquid products. Use a 6-bushel measure for dry products. And use a 60-gallon measure for liquids.

12. Every amount of money must be weighed out in keeping with the standard weights.

13. "You must offer a special gift. It must be 13 and a third cups out of every six bushels of grain.

14. Give two and a half quarts out of every 60 gallons of olive oil.

15. Also give one sheep from every flock of 200 sheep. Get them from the grasslands of Israel that receive plenty of water. Use them for grain offerings, burnt offerings and friendship offerings. They will be used to pay for the sin of the people," announces the Lord and King.

16. "All of the people in the land will take part in that special gift. The prince in Israel will use it.