Ezekiel 48

1 “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.

2 Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.

3 Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.

4 Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.

5 Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.

6 Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.

7 Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.

8 Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.

9 The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.

10 This will be the holy 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 will be the sanctuary of the LORD.

11 It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.

12 It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

13 Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits.

14 They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

15 The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it

16 and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits on the north side, 4,500 cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side.

17 The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.

18 The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to 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.

19 The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.

20 The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.

21 The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.

22 So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.

23 As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.

24 Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.

25 Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.

26 Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.

27 And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

28 The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

29 This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD.

30 “These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long,

31 the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.

32 On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.

33 On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.

34 And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

35 The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”

1 ¶ Now these [are] the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east [and] west; a [portion for] Dan.

2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Asher.

3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a [portion for] Naphtali.

4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Manasseh.

5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Ephraim.

6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a [portion for] Reuben.

7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Judah.

8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand [reeds in] breadth, and [in] length as one of the [other] parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD [shall be] of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

10 And for them, [even] for the priests, shall be [this] holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

11 [It shall be] for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

12 And [this] oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites [shall have] five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length [shall be] five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for [it is] holy unto the LORD.

15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane [place] for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

16 And these [shall be] the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy [portion shall be] ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy [portion]; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

20 All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

21 And the residue [shall be] for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house [shall be] in the midst thereof.

22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, [being] in the midst [of that] which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin [shall have] a [portion].

24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon [shall have] a [portion].

25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a [portion].

26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a [portion].

27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a [portion].

28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar [unto] the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, [and] to the river toward the great sea.

29 This [is] the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these [are] their portions, saith the Lord GOD.

30 And these [are] the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.

31 ¶ And the gates of the city [shall be] after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, [with] their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

35 [It was] round about eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city from [that] day [shall be], The LORD [is] there.

1 These are the names of the tribes. From northward, from Hethlon toward Hemath, and Hazar- enon, and from Damascus toward Hemath: this shall Dan have for his part from the east even unto the west.

2 Beside Dan shall Asser have his part from the east even unto the west.

3 Beside Asher shall Naphtali have his part from the east even unto the west.

4 Beside Naphtali shall Manasseh have his part from the east even unto the west.

5 Beside Manasseh shall Ephraim have his part from the east even unto the west.

6 And Reuben shall have his part with Ephraim from the east even unto the west.

7 And Judah shall have his part with Reuben from the east even unto the west.

8 And beside Judah ye shall set apart a portion from the east even unto the west, the breadth and the length of twenty and five thousand rods, a portion of the portions that are from the east even unto the west: therein shall the sanctuary be.

9 And from it ye shall set apart unto the LORD a portion twenty and five thousand rods long, and ten thousand rods broad.

10 And the same holy part shall be the priest's, even twenty and five thousand rods on the north side, and on the south side, and ten thousand broad on the east side, and on the west side. And the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

11 This shall be sanctified unto the priests, even to the sons of Zadok, which have kept my statutes, and have not fallen away with the children of Israel, as the Levites have fallen away.

12 And this separate part of the land shall be their own, wherein is the holy of holies, beside the border of the Levites.

13 And the Levites shall have beside the priest's border also twenty and five thousand rods in length, and ten thousand in breadth: for all the length shall be twenty and five thousand rods, and the breadth ten thousand rods.

14 And they shall not sell any of it, nor change it, lest the firstfruits of the land be taken away: for it is hallowed unto the LORD.

15 But the residue of the five thousand rods in breadth against the twenty and five thousand rods in length, that shall be unholy unto the city to dwell therein, and to the suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

16 And this shall be their measure, four thousand and five hundred rods on the north side, and on the south side; and on the east side, and on the west side, four thousand and five hundred.

17 And the suburbs shall have two hundred and fifty measures on the north side, and on the south side; and on the east side, and on the west side, two hundred and fifty measures.

18 And the rest of the length thereof, beside that which is set apart, and that which is sanctified, even ten thousand rods toward the east, and ten thousand rods toward the west, shall be for the maintenance of them that work in the city.

19 And the labourers shall work out of all the tribes of Israel of the city,

20 That the whole separation of the twenty and five thousand rods into the four quarters might be a holy separation for the possession of the city.

21 And that which remaineth on either side, beside the separate holy part, and beside the city part, even twenty and five thousand rods toward the east, and toward the west, shall be all the prince's. And the separate holy part, and the house of the sanctuary, shall be in the midst thereof.

22 And that which is between them, between the Levites' portion, and between the city's portion, and between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be the prince's.

23 Afterward shall the other tribes be: Benjamin shall have his part from the east even unto the west.

24 And beside the border of Benjamin shall Simeon have his part from the east even unto the west.

25 Beside the border of Shimeon shall Issachar have his part from the east even unto the west.

26 Beside the border of Issachar shall Zebulun have his part from the east even unto the west.

27 Beside the border of Zebulun shall Gad have his part from the east even unto the west.

28 And beside Gad is the border toward the south, from Tamar unto the waters of Hader unto Kadesh, and toward the waters of the great sea.

29 So shall the land be divided for an inheritance among the tribes of Israel; and this shall be their inheritance, saith the LORD GOD.

30 And so shall the city be: four thousand and five hundred rods toward the north.

31 And the gates of the city shall be called by the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the first gate Reuben, the second Judah, the third Levi.

32 And there were four thousand and five hundred rods toward the east, and three gates: the first gate Joseph, the second Benjamin, the third Dan.

33 And at noon there were four thousand and five hundred rods, and three gates: the first gate, Simeon; the second, Issachar; the third, Zebulun.

34 And at even four thousand and five hundred rods, and three gates: one gate Gad, the other Assyria, the third Naphtali.

35 So it shall have about and about eighteen thousand rods. And then shall the city be called: Here is the LORD!