Ezekiel 22:26

22:26 Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, ¹  or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore ²  my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.

Ezekiel 42:20

42:20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.

Ezekiel 44:23

44:23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean. ³ 

Ezekiel 45:6

45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles ⁴  wide and eight and a quarter miles ⁵  long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

[22:26]  ¹ tn Or “between the consecrated and the common.”

[22:26]  ² tn Heb “hide their eyes from.” The idiom means to disregard or ignore something or someone (see Lev 20:4; 1 Sam 12:3; Prov 28:27; Isa 1:15).

[44:23]  ³ sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).

[45:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

[45:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).