Ezekiel
48
- "These are the tribes, listed by name:
At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon
road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to
Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.
- "Asher will have one portion; it will
border the territory of Dan from east to west.
- "Naphtali will have one portion; it
will border the territory of Asher from east to west.
- "Manasseh will have one portion; it
will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
- "Ephraim will have one portion; it
will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
- "Reuben will have one portion; it will
border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
- "Judah will have one portion; it will
border the territory of Reuben from east to west.
- "Bordering the territory of Judah from
east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It
will be 25,000 cubits wide, and its length from east to west will equal one
of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.
- "The special portion you are to offer
to the LORD will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.
- This will be the sacred portion for the
priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide
on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long
on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the LORD.
- This will be for the consecrated priests,
the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the
Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
- It will be a special gift to them from the
sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of
the Levites.
- "Alongside the territory of the priests,
the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.
Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits.
- They must not sell or exchange any of it.
This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it
is holy to the LORD.
- "The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide
and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses
and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it
- and will have these measurements: the north
side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits,
and the west side 4,500 cubits.
- The pastureland for the city will be 250
cubits on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and
250 cubits on the west.
- What remains of the area, bordering on the
sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the
east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food
for the workers of the city.
- The workers from the city who farm it will
come from all the tribes of Israel.
- The entire portion will be a square, 25,000
cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion,
along with the property of the city.
- "What remains on both sides of the
area formed by the sacred portion and the city property will belong to the
prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion
to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western
border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong
to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in
the center of them.
- So the property of the Levites and the property
of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince.
The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and
the border of Benjamin.
- "As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin
will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.
- "Simeon will have one portion; it will
border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
- "Issachar will have one portion; it
will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.
- "Zebulun will have one portion; it
will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.
- "Gad will have one portion; it will
border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
- "The southern boundary of Gad will
run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi
of Egypt to the Great Sea.
- "This is the land you are to allot
as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,"
declares the Sovereign LORD.
- "These will be the exits of the city:
Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long,
- the gates of the city will be named after
the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of
Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.
- "On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits
long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the
gate of Dan.
- "On the south side, which measures
4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar
and the gate of Zebulun.
- "On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits
long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate
of Naphtali.
- "The distance all around will be 18,000
cubits. "And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD
IS THERE."
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