Ezekiel 48

¹ “These are the names of the tribes: At the far north, along the road to Hethlon, toward Lebo-hamath, Hazar-enan at the northern border of Damascus, along the border of Hamath, there will be an eastern and a western side: one share for Dan.

² Next to the border of Dan, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Asher.

³ Next to the border of Asher, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Naphtali.

⁴ Next to the border of Naphtali, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Manasseh.

⁵ Next to the border of Manasseh, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Ephraim.

⁶ Next to the border of Ephraim, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Reuben.

⁷ Next to the border of Reuben, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Judah.

⁸ Next to the border of Judah, from the eastern side to the western side, will be the portion you set apart: twenty-five thousand cubits wide and as long as one of the tribal shares, from the eastern side to the western side. The sanctuary will be in its middle.

⁹ The portion you set apart for the LORD will be twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide.

¹⁰ This will be the sacred portion for them: for the priests, twenty-five thousand cubits on the north, ten thousand cubits wide on the west, ten thousand cubits wide on the east, and twenty-five thousand cubits long on the south. The sanctuary of the LORD will be in its middle.

¹¹ It will belong to the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept their appointed duty and did not go astray when the Israelites went astray, as the Levites did.

¹² It will be a reserved portion for them from the land’s contribution, most holy, next to the Levites’ border.”

¹³ “Alongside the priests’ border, the Levites will have a portion twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide. Its full length will be twenty-five thousand cubits and its width ten thousand cubits.

¹⁴ They must not sell any of it or exchange it, nor transfer the firstfruits of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

¹⁵ The five thousand cubits left over in width, along the twenty-five thousand, will be for common use: for the city, for homes and open land. The city will be in its middle.

¹⁶ These are its measurements: the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits; the south side, four thousand five hundred; the east side, four thousand five hundred; and the west side, four thousand five hundred.

¹⁷ The city will have open land: two hundred fifty cubits on the north, two hundred fifty on the south, two hundred fifty on the east, and two hundred fifty on the west.

¹⁸ The land left over along the length, beside the sacred portion, will be ten thousand cubits to the east and ten thousand to the west. It will lie alongside the sacred portion, and its produce will provide food for those who work in the city.

¹⁹ Those who work in the city, drawn from all the tribes of Israel, will cultivate it.

²⁰ The entire portion will be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits. You will set apart the sacred portion as a square, together with the city’s property.

²¹ The remaining land will belong to the prince, on both sides of the sacred portion and the city’s property, extending along the twenty-five thousand cubits of the portion to the eastern border and westward along the twenty-five thousand cubits to the western border. Alongside the tribal shares, it will belong to the prince. The sacred portion and the sanctuary of the temple will be in its middle.

²² The Levites’ property and the city’s property will lie within the land belonging to the prince. The land between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will belong to the prince.

²³ “As for the rest of the tribes, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Benjamin.

²⁴ Next to the border of Benjamin, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Simeon.

²⁵ Next to the border of Simeon, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Issachar.

²⁶ Next to the border of Issachar, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Zebulun.

²⁷ Next to the border of Zebulun, from the eastern side to the western side: one share for Gad.

²⁸ Along the border of Gad, on the south side, the boundary will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh, then along the stream to the Great Sea.

²⁹ This is the land you will divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their shares, declares the Lord GOD.

³⁰ These are the city’s exits: on the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits in measurement.

³¹ The city gates will be named after the tribes of Israel. There will be three gates on the north: one gate for Reuben, one for Judah, and one for Levi.

³² On the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits, with three gates: one gate for Joseph, one for Benjamin, and one for Dan.

³³ On the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits in measurement, with three gates: one gate for Simeon, one for Issachar, and one for Zebulun.

³⁴ On the west side, four thousand five hundred cubits, with three gates: one gate for Gad, one for Asher, and one for Naphtali.

³⁵ All around, eighteen thousand cubits. From that day on, the city’s name will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”

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