THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

 

Ezekiel Chapter 48

1 ¶ Now these are the names of the tribes. Beginning in the north along the road of Hethlon, to the Hamath pass, and Hazar-enon, on the northern border of Damascus, opposite Hamath; and reaching from the east to the west; a portion for Dan.

2 And beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Asher.

3 And beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Naphtali.

4 And beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

5 And beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Ephraim.

6 And beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Reuben.

7 And beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Judah.

8 And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the land you set aside as a gift to the Lord, twenty-five thousand cubits wide, and as long as one of the other portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

9 The land that you set aside for the LORD will be twenty-five thousand cubits in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

10 And it will be a holy land belonging to the priests; on the north twenty-five thousand in length, and on the west ten thousand in width, and on the east ten thousand in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD will be in the middle of it.

11 It shall be for the priests who are consecrated sons of Zadok; who carried out my work, and did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites did.

12 And this land that is offered to the Lord will be to them a thing most holy next to the territory belonging to the Levites.

13 And alongside the territory belonging to the priests the Levites shall have a territory twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width: its total length will be twenty-five thousand, and its width ten thousand.

14 And they must not sell it, or trade it, or transfer ownership of this the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy to the LORD.

15 And the remaining strip five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand, will be for the ordinary use of the city, for homes, and for pasture: and the city will be in the middle of it.

16 And these will be its measurements; on the north side four thousand and five hundred cubits, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and on the west side four thousand and five hundred.

17 And the open land of the city will be toward the north two hundred and fifty cubits, 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 rest of the length alongside the holy part of the land given to the Lord will be ten thousand cubits to the east, and ten thousand to the west: and it will be parallel to the area set aside as holy; and the produce from it will be food for those who work in the city.

19 And those from all the tribes of Israel who work in the city will till the land.

20 The whole area set aside will be square, twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you will set it apart as an offering to God, along with the city property.

21 And the rest will be for the ruler, on both sides of the holy area, and the city property, extending east of the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy portion as far as the eastern border, and west of the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, parallel to the tribal allotments, it belongs to the prince: and it will be set aside as holy; and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.

22 So the property of the Levites, and the city property, will be in the middle of what belongs to the prince, the area between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, will be for the prince.

23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have a portion.

24 And bordering on Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have a portion.

25 And bordering on Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar a portion.

26 And bordering on Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun a portion.

27 And bordering on Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad a portion.

28 And bordering on Gad, at the south side southward, the border will extend from Tamar to the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the ravine and on to the great sea.

29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD.

30 And these are the outer gates of the city on the north side, which will extend four thousand and five hundred measures.

31 ¶ And the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel: three gates on the north; one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, one gate for Levi.

32 And on the east side which will extend four thousand and five hundred cubits: with three gates; one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, one gate for Dan.

33 And on the south side which will extend four thousand and five hundred cubits: with three gates; one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, one gate for Zebulun.

34 On the west side which will extend four thousand and five hundred, with three gates; one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, one gate for Naphtali.

35 It will be eighteen thousand cubits around: and the name of the city from that day on will be, The LORD is there.