The emphasis on priests and Levites in the previous chapter continues in chapter 45. Chapter 44 focused on the priest’s responsibilities. At the end of the chapter notice was made about the food supply of the priests. Chapter 45 moves from food supply to land supply. This land supply is called a sacred district. First of all, a portion of land twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand cubits wide is to be given to the priests. In the midst of this is the sanctuary, which is five hundred cubits square. There is a fifty-cubit “green belt” around this section (45:1–4). Second, there is a portion for the Levites that is twenty-five thousand cubit…