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Ezekiel 48
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The Allotment of the Land and the Gates of the City

48 And[a] these are the names of the tribes: At the end of the north, along the way to Hethlon[b] from Lebo-hamath to Hazar Enan on the boundary of Damascus beside Hamath northward,[c] there will be one portion for Dan from the eastern border to the west.[d] 2 And next to the territory of Dan, from the eastern border[e] up to the western border,[f] one portion for Asher. 3 And next to the territory of Asher, from the eastern border[g] and up to the western border,[h] one portion for Naphtali. 4 And next to the territory of Naphtali, from the eastern border[i] up to the western border,[j] one portion for Manasseh. 5 And next to the territory of Manasseh, from the eastern border[k] up to the western border,[l] one portion for Ephraim. 6 And next to the territory of Ephraim, from the eastern border[m] and up to the western border,[n] one portion for Reuben. 7 And next to the territory of Reuben, from the eastern border[o] up to the western border,[p] one portion for Judah.

8 And next to the territory of Judah, from the eastern border[q] up to the western border,[r] shall be located the contribution that you set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits[s] in width, and its length just like one of the portions from the eastern border[t] up to the western border,[u] and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. 9 The contribution that you shall set apart for Yahweh, its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits,[v] and its width ten thousand cubits.[w] 10 And to these shall be the holy district:[x] to the priests northwards twenty-five thousand cubits,[y] and westwards its width ten thousand cubits,[z] and eastwards its width ten thousand cubits,[aa] and southwards its length twenty-five thousand cubits,[ab] and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it. 11 To the priests, the ones being consecrated from the descendants[ac] of Zadok, who took care of my service and who did not go astray[ad] when the Israelites went astray,[ae] just as[af] the Levites went astray. 12 And it will be for them a special gift from the contribution of the land as a most holy object[ag] next to the territory of the Levites. 13 And the Levites alongside[ah] the territory of the priests shall have twenty-five thousand cubits[ai] in length and in width ten thousand cubits,[aj] its full length,[ak] twenty-five thousand cubits[al] and its full width, ten thousand cubits.[am] 14 And they shall not sell any part from it, and shall not exchange, and shall not transfer the best of the land, for it is holy to Yahweh.

15 And the remaining part[an] of five thousand cubits[ao] in the width by[ap] twenty-five thousand cubits,[aq] is unholy;[ar] it is for the city as dwelling and as pastureland; and the city will be located in the middle of it.[as] 16 And these shall be its measurements: on its side to the north, four thousand five hundred cubits;[at] and on its side to the south, four thousand five hundred cubits;[au] and on the eastern side,[av] four thousand five hundred cubits;[aw] and on the western side,[ax] four thousand five hundred cubits.[ay] 17 And a pastureland shall be for the city northwards, two hundred and fifty cubits,[az] southwards two hundred and fifty cubits,[ba] and eastwards two hundred and fifty cubits,[bb] and westwards two hundred and fifty cubits.[bc] 18 And the rest in its length alongside[bd] the holy district,[be] ten thousand cubits[bf] eastwards and ten thousand[bg] westwards; and it shall be alongside[bh] the holy district[bi] and its yield[bj] shall be as food for the workers of the city. 19 And the workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel shall cultivate it. 20 All of the contribution, twenty-five thousand by twenty five thousand cubits[bk] square, you shall set apart as the holy district[bl] along with the property of the city. 21 And the rest shall be to[bm] the prince, on both sides[bn] of the holy district[bo] and of the property of the city extending from[bp] twenty-five thousand cubits of the contribution up to the boundary of the east, and westwards extending[bq] twenty-five thousand cubits[br] to the boundary of the sea alongside[bs] the tribal portions. They shall be for the prince, and it shall be the holy district,[bt] and the sanctuary of the temple[bu] will be in its middle. 22 And also the property of the Levites and the property of the city will be in the midst of the property which is for the prince; between the territory of Judah and between the territory of Benjamin the land will be for the prince.

23 And for the remainder of the tribes: From the side on the east up to the side on the west, Benjamin one portion; 24 and next to the territory of Benjamin, from the side on the east up to the side of the sea, Simeon one portion; 25 and next to the territory of Simeon, from the side of the east up to the side of the sea, Issachar one portion; 26 and next to the territory of Issachar, from the side of the east up to the side of the sea, Zebulun one portion; 27 and next to the territory of Zebulun, from the side of the east up to the side of the sea, Gad one portion; 28 and next to the territory of Gad, to the side of the south, southward;[bv] and the territory will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, toward the wadi,[bw] on to the Great Sea.[bx] 29 This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions,” declares[by] the Lord Yahweh.

30 And these shall be the exits of the city: From[bz] the north side,[ca] four thousand and five hundred cubits [cb] by measurement. 31 And the gates of the city shall be according to the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates to the north, the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. 32 And on the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits,[cc] and three gates, and so the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. 33 And on the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits[cd] by measurement, and so three gates, the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one. 34 And on the west[ce] side, four thousand five hundred cubits,[cf] and their gates three, the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. 35 All around the city is eighteen thousand cubits,[cg] and the name of the city from that day is “Yahweh Is There”!

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:1 Or “Now”
  2. Ezekiel 48:1 Literally “to the side of the way of Hethlon”
  3. Ezekiel 48:1 Literally “northward to the side of Hamat,”
  4. Ezekiel 48:1 Literally “sea”
  5. Ezekiel 48:2 Literally “the side of the east
  6. Ezekiel 48:2 Literally “the side of the sea/west”
  7. Ezekiel 48:3 Literally “the side of the east”
  8. Ezekiel 48:3 Literally “the side of the west/sea”
  9. Ezekiel 48:4 Literally “the side of the east”
  10. Ezekiel 48:4 Literally “the side of the sea/west”
  11. Ezekiel 48:5 Literally “the side of the east”
  12. Ezekiel 48:5 Literally “the side of the sea/west”
  13. Ezekiel 48:6 Literally “the side of the east”
  14. Ezekiel 48:6 Literally “the side of the sea/west
  15. Ezekiel 48:7 Literally “the side of the east
  16. Ezekiel 48:7 Literally “the side of the sea/west
  17. Ezekiel 48:8 Literally “the side of the east
  18. Ezekiel 48:8 Literally “the side of the sea/west
  19. Ezekiel 48:8 That is, 8.33 miles
  20. Ezekiel 48:8 Literally “the side of the east
  21. Ezekiel 48:8 Literally “the side of the sea/west
  22. Ezekiel 48:9 That is, 8.33 miles
  23. Ezekiel 48:9 That is, 3.5 miles; cf. 48:13 and 45:1
  24. Ezekiel 48:10 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
  25. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 8.33 miles
  26. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 3.5 miles
  27. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 3.5 miles
  28. Ezekiel 48:10 That is, 8.33 miles
  29. Ezekiel 48:11 Or “sons”
  30. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “who not they went astray”
  31. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “at going astray the children of Israel”
  32. Ezekiel 48:11 Literally “as that”
  33. Ezekiel 48:12 Literally “as a holiness of holinesses”
  34. Ezekiel 48:13 Literally “to corresponding”
  35. Ezekiel 48:13 That is, 8.33 miles
  36. Ezekiel 48:13 That is, 3.5 miles
  37. Ezekiel 48:13 Literally “all/every of its length ….”
  38. Ezekiel 48:13 That is, 8.33 miles
  39. Ezekiel 48:13 That is, 3.5 miles
  40. Ezekiel 48:15 Literally “the being a part left over”
  41. Ezekiel 48:15 That is, 1.75 miles
  42. Ezekiel 48:15 Literally “in front of”
  43. Ezekiel 48:15 That is, 8.33 miles
  44. Ezekiel 48:15 Or “common”
  45. Ezekiel 48:15 Literally “will be the city in its middle”
  46. Ezekiel 48:16 That is, 1.5 miles
  47. Ezekiel 48:16 That is, 1.5 miles
  48. Ezekiel 48:16 Literally “from the side of the east”
  49. Ezekiel 48:16 That is, 1.5 miles
  50. Ezekiel 48:16 Literally “and the side of the sea/west + directive”
  51. Ezekiel 48:16 That is, 1.5 miles
  52. Ezekiel 48:17 That is, 150 yards
  53. Ezekiel 48:17 That is, 150 yards
  54. Ezekiel 48:17 That is, 150 yards
  55. Ezekiel 48:17 That is, 150 yards
  56. Ezekiel 48:18 Literally “to corresponding”
  57. Ezekiel 48:18 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
  58. Ezekiel 48:18 That is, 3.5 miles
  59. Ezekiel 48:18 That is, 3.5 miles
  60. Ezekiel 48:18 Literally “to corresponding”
  61. Ezekiel 48:18 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
  62. Ezekiel 48:18 According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS
  63. Ezekiel 48:20 That is, 8.33 square miles
  64. Ezekiel 48:20 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
  65. Ezekiel 48:21 Or “for”
  66. Ezekiel 48:21 Literally “from this and from this”
  67. Ezekiel 48:21 Literally “of the contribution of the holiness”
  68. Ezekiel 48:21 Literally “to in front of”
  69. Ezekiel 48:21 Literally “to in front of”
  70. Ezekiel 48:21 That is, 8.33 miles
  71. Ezekiel 48:21 Literally “to corresponding”
  72. Ezekiel 48:21 Literally “the contribution of the holiness”
  73. Ezekiel 48:21 Or “house”
  74. Ezekiel 48:28 Literally “south”
  75. Ezekiel 48:28 That is, the Wadi of Egypt
  76. Ezekiel 48:28 That is, the Mediterranean
  77. Ezekiel 48:29 Literally “declaration of”
  78. Ezekiel 48:30 Or “on” or “along”
  79. Ezekiel 48:30 Literally “the side of the north”
  80. Ezekiel 48:30 That is, 1.5 miles
  81. Ezekiel 48:32 That is, 1.5 miles
  82. Ezekiel 48:33 That is, 1.5 miles
  83. Ezekiel 48:34 Or “sea”
  84. Ezekiel 48:34 That is, 1.5 miles
  85. Ezekiel 48:35 That is, 6 miles
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Ezekiel 48
New American Standard Bible

Division of the Land

48 “Now (A)these are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, [a]beside the way of Hethlon to [b]Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north [c]beside Hamath, [d]running from east to west, (B)Dan, one portion. 2 Beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, (C)Asher, one portion. 3 Beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, (D)Naphtali, one portion. 4 Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, (E)Manasseh, one portion. 5 Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, (F)Ephraim, one portion. 6 Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, (G)Reuben, one portion. 7 Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, (H)Judah, one portion.

8 “And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [e]allotment which you shall [f]set apart, twenty-five thousand [g]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the (I)sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. 9 The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

Portion for the Priests

10 The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the (J)priests, toward the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst. 11 It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the (K)sons of Zadok, who have [h]taken the responsibility I gave them, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the (L)Levites went astray. 12 It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy reserve, by the border of the Levites. 13 And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width ten thousand. 14 Moreover, they (M)shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this [i]choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the Lord.

15 “The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand [j]in length, shall be for (N)common use for the city, for homes and for [k]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. 16 And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 cubits, the south side (O)4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 cubits. 17 The city shall have [l]open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits. 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be ten thousand cubits toward the east and ten thousand toward the west; and it shall be [m]alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19 And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20 The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; you shall [n]set apart the holy allotment, a [o]square, with the [p]property of the city.

Portion for the Prince

21 “The (P)remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the [q]property of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it. 22 And exclusive of the [r]property of the Levites and the [s]property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.

Portion for Other Tribes

23 “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, (Q)Benjamin, one portion. 24 Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, (R)Simeon, one portion. 25 Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, (S)Issachar, one portion. 26 Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, (T)Zebulun, one portion. 27 Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, (U)Gad, one portion. 28 And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from (V)Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the (W)Great Sea. 29 This is the (X)land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares the Lord [t]God.

The City Gates

30 “Now these are the exits of the city: on the (Y)north side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, 31 [u]shall be the gates of the city, [v](Z)named for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; and the gate of Levi, one. 32 On the east side, 4,500 cubits, [w]shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one. 33 On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, [x]shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one. 34 On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one. 35 The city shall be eighteen thousand cubits all around; and the (AA)name of the city from that day shall be, ‘[y]The (AB)Lord is there.’”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:1 Lit at the hand of
  2. Ezekiel 48:1 Or the entrance of Hamath
  3. Ezekiel 48:1 Lit at the hand of
  4. Ezekiel 48:1 Lit and there shall be to it an east and the west side
  5. Ezekiel 48:8 Or contribution, and so throughout the ch
  6. Ezekiel 48:8 Lit raise
  7. Ezekiel 48:8 Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
  8. Ezekiel 48:11 Lit kept the duty to Me
  9. Ezekiel 48:14 Lit first; or first fruits
  10. Ezekiel 48:15 Lit in front
  11. Ezekiel 48:15 Or pasture land
  12. Ezekiel 48:17 Or pasture land
  13. Ezekiel 48:18 Or exactly as
  14. Ezekiel 48:20 Lit raise
  15. Ezekiel 48:20 Lit fourth
  16. Ezekiel 48:20 Or possession
  17. Ezekiel 48:21 Or possession
  18. Ezekiel 48:22 Or possession
  19. Ezekiel 48:22 Or possession
  20. Ezekiel 48:29 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  21. Ezekiel 48:31 Lit and the gates
  22. Ezekiel 48:31 Lit according to the names of
  23. Ezekiel 48:32 Lit and three gates
  24. Ezekiel 48:33 Lit and three gates
  25. Ezekiel 48:35 Heb YHWH-shammah
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