Ezekiel 48

Division of the Land

1 “Now athese are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity,
Lit at the hand of
beside the way of Hethlon to
Or the entrance of Hamath
Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north
Lit at the hand of
beside Hamath,
Lit and there shall be to it an east and the west side
running from east to west, fDan, one portion.
2Beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, gAsher, one portion. 3Beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, hNaphtali, one portion. 4Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, iManasseh, one portion. 5Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, jEphraim, one portion. 6Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, kReuben, one portion. 7Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, lJudah, one portion.

8 “And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the
Or contribution, and so throughout the ch
allotment which you shall
Lit raise
set apart, twenty-five thousand
Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the psanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
9The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

Portion for the Priests

10 The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the qpriests, toward the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst. 11It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the rsons of Zadok, who have
Lit kept the duty to Me
taken the responsibility I gave them, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the tLevites went astray.
12It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy reserve, by the border of the Levites. 13And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width ten thousand. 14Moreover, they ushall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this
Lit first; or first fruits
choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the Lord.

15 “The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand
Lit in front
in length, shall be for xcommon use for the city, for homes and for
Or pasture land
open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.
16And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 cubits, the south side z4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 cubits. 17The city shall have
Or pasture land
open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.
18The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be ten thousand cubits toward the east and ten thousand toward the west; and it shall be
Or exactly as
alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
19And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; you shall
Lit raise
set apart the holy allotment, a
Lit fourth
square, with the
Or possession
property of the city.

Portion for the Prince

21 “The afremainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the
Or possession
property of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.
22And exclusive of the
Or possession
property of the Levites and the
Or possession
property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.

Portion for Other Tribes

23 “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, ajBenjamin, one portion. 24Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, akSimeon, one portion. 25Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, alIssachar, one portion. 26Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, amZebulun, one portion. 27Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, anGad, one portion. 28And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from aoTamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the apGreat Sea. 29This is the aqland which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares the Lord
Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God.

The City Gates

30 “Now these are the exits of the city: on the asnorth side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, 31
Lit and the gates
shall be the gates of the city,
Lit according to the names of
,
avnamed for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; and the gate of Levi, one.
32On the east side, 4,500 cubits,
Lit and three gates
shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one.
33On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement,
Lit and three gates
shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one.
34On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one. 35The city shall be eighteen thousand cubits all around; and the ayname of the city from that day shall be,
Heb YHWH-shammah
The baLord is there.’”

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