“Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district (A)you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. (B)It shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

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15 (A)“The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be (B)for common use for the city, for dwellings and for (C)open country. In the midst of it shall be the city, 16 and these shall be its measurements: (D)the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500. 17 And the city shall have open land: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250, on the east 250, and on the west 250. 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be 10,000 cubits to the east, and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. (E)Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.

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The Gates of the City

30 “These shall be (A)the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be (B)4,500 cubits by measure, 31 (C)three gates, the gate of (D)Reuben, the gate of (E)Judah, and the gate of (F)Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel. 32 On the east side, which is to be 4,500 cubits, three gates, the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan. 33 On the south side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure, three gates, the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun. 34 On the west side, which is to be 4,500 cubits, three gates,[a] the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali. 35 The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And (G)the name of the city from that time on shall be, (H)The Lord Is There.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:34 One Hebrew manuscript, Syriac (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts their gates three

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