Ezekiel 48
New English Translation
The Tribal Portions
48 “These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo Hamath, as far as Hazar Enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion. 2 Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher[a] will have one portion. 3 Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west side, Naphtali will have one portion. 4 Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west side, Manasseh will have one portion. 5 Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west side, Ephraim will have one portion. 6 Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west side, Reuben will have one portion. 7 Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west side, Judah[b] will have one portion.
8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west side will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be 8¼ miles[c] wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west side; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it. 9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be 8¼ miles[d] in length and 3⅓ miles[e] in width. 10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north 8¼ miles[f] in length, toward the west 3⅓ miles[g] in width, toward the east 3⅓ miles[h] in width, and toward the south 8¼ miles[i] in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle. 11 This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, as the Levites did.[j] 12 It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a Most Holy Place, next to the border of the Levites.
13 “Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 8¼ miles[k] in length and 3⅓ miles[l] in width. The whole length will be 8¼ miles[m] and the width 3⅓ miles.[n] 14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart[o] to the Lord.
15 “The remainder, 1⅔ miles[p] in width and 8¼ miles[q] in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it; 16 these will be its measurements: The north side will be 1½ miles,[r] the south side 1½ miles, the east side 1½ miles, and the west side 1½ miles. 17 The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet,[s] on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet. 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be 3⅓ miles[t] to the east and 3⅓ miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city. 19 The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it. 20 The whole allotment will be 8¼ miles[u] square; you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.
21 “The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the 8¼ miles[v] of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the 8¼ miles[w] to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it. 22 The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion 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 one portion. 24 Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion. 25 Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion. 26 Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion. 27 Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion. 28 Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt,[x] and on to the Great Sea. 29 This is the land that you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Sovereign Lord.
30 “These are the exits of the city: On the north side, 1½ miles[y] by measure, 31 the gates of the city[z] will be named for the tribes of Israel. There will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi. 32 On the east side, 1½ miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. 33 On the south side, 1½ miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun. 34 On the west side, 1½ miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. 35 The circumference of the city will be 6 miles.[aa] The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’”[ab]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 48:2 sn The tribes descended from Jacob’s maidservants are placed farthest from the sanctuary. See Gen 30.
- Ezekiel 48:7 sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12).
- Ezekiel 48:8 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:9 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:9 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:10 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:11 tn Heb “strayed off.”
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:13 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:14 tn Or “holy.”
- Ezekiel 48:15 tn Heb “5,000 cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:15 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:16 tn Heb “4,500 cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
- Ezekiel 48:17 tn Heb “250 cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
- Ezekiel 48:18 tn Heb “10,000 cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.
- Ezekiel 48:20 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:21 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:21 tn Heb “25,000 cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:28 tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
- Ezekiel 48:30 tn Heb “4,500 cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs again in vv. 32-34.
- Ezekiel 48:31 sn See Rev 21:12-14.
- Ezekiel 48:35 tn Heb “18,000 cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).
- Ezekiel 48:35 sn See Rev 21:12-21.
Ezekiel 48
The Message
The Sanctuary of God at the Center
48 “These are the tribes:
“Dan: one portion, along the northern boundary, following the Hethlon road that turns off to the entrance of Hamath as far as Hazor-enon so that the territory of Damascus lies to the north alongside Hamath, the northern border stretching from east to west.
2 “Asher: one portion, bordering Dan from east to west.
3 “Naphtali: one portion, bordering Asher from east to west.
4 “Manasseh: one portion, bordering Naphtali from east to west.
5 “Ephraim: one portion, bordering Manasseh from east to west.
6 “Reuben: one portion, bordering Ephraim from east to west.
7 “Judah: one portion, bordering Reuben from east to west.
8-9 “Bordering Judah from east to west is the consecrated area that you will set aside as holy: a square approximately seven by seven miles, with the Sanctuary set at the center. The consecrated area reserved for God is to be seven miles long and a little less than three miles wide.
10-12 “This is how it will be parceled out. The priest will get the area measuring seven miles on the north and south boundaries, with a width of a little more than three miles at the east and west boundaries. The Sanctuary of God will be at the center. This is for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites who stayed true in their service to me and didn’t get off track as the Levites did when Israel wandered off the main road. This is their special gift, a gift from the land itself, most holy ground, bordering the section of the Levites.
13-14 “The Levites get a section equal in size to that of the priests, roughly seven by three miles. They are not permitted to sell or trade any of it. It’s the choice part of the land, to say nothing of being holy to God.
15-19 “What’s left of the ‘sacred square’—each side measures out at seven miles by a mile and a half—is for ordinary use: the city and its buildings with open country around it, but the city at the center. The north, south, east, and west sides of the city are each about a mile and a half in length. A strip of pasture, one hundred twenty-five yards wide, will border the city on all sides. The remainder of this portion, three miles of countryside to the east and to the west of the sacred precinct, is for farming. It will supply food for the city. Workers from all the tribes of Israel will serve as field hands to farm the land.
20 “This dedicated area, set apart for holy purposes, will be a square, seven miles by seven miles, a ‘holy square,’ which includes the part set aside for the city.
21-22 “The rest of this land, the country stretching east to the Jordan and west to the Mediterranean from the seven-mile sides of the ‘holy square,’ belongs to the prince. His land is sandwiched between the tribal portions north and south, and goes out both east and west from the ‘sacred square’ with its Temple at the center. The land set aside for the Levites on one side and the city on the other is in the middle of the territory assigned to the prince. The ‘sacred square’ is flanked east and west by the prince’s land and bordered on the north and south by the territories of Judah and Benjamin, respectively.
23 “And then the rest of the tribes:
“Benjamin: one portion, stretching from the eastern to the western boundary.
24 “Simeon: one portion, bordering Benjamin from east to west.
25 “Issachar: one portion, bordering Simeon from east to west.
26 “Zebulun: one portion, bordering Issachar from east to west.
27 “Gad: one portion, bordering Zebulun from east to west.
28 “The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh, along the Brook of Egypt and then out to the Great Mediterranean Sea.
29 “This is the land that you are to divide up among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance. These are their portions.” Decree of God, the Master.
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30-31 “These are the gates of the city. On the north side, which is 2,250 yards long (the gates of the city are named after the tribes of Israel), three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, the gate of Levi.
32 “On the east side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, the gate of Dan.
33 “On the south side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, the gate of Zebulun.
34 “On the west side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, the gate of Naphtali.
35 “The four sides of the city measure to a total of nearly six miles.
“From now on the name of the city will be Yahweh-Shammah:
“God-Is-There.”
Hesekiel 48
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Fördelningen av landet
48 Det här är namnen på stammarna:
Dans område ligger vid norra gränsen och följer vägen till Hetlon, Levo-Hamat och Hasar Enan och Damaskus norra gräns bredvid Hamat. Detta är hans gräns från öster till väster.
2 Ashers område ligger intill Dans från öster till väster,
3 Naftalis intill Ashers från öster till väster,
4 Manasses intill Naftalis från öster till väster,
5 Efraims intill Manasses från öster till väster,
6 Rubens intill Efraims från öster till väster,
7 och Juda intill Rubens område från öster till väster.
8 Intill Judas område ligger från öster till väster det område som ni ska avskilja som en särskild gåva, tolv och en halv kilometer brett och lika långt som en stamlott från öster till väster. Helgedomen ska ligga i mitten.
9 Detta område som ni avskiljer åt Herren ska vara tolv och en halv kilometer långt och tio[a] kilometer brett. 10 Detta heliga område tillhör prästerna. Det är tolv och en halv kilometer långt i norr, fem kilometer brett i väster, fem kilometer brett i öster, och tolv och en halv kilometer långt i söder. Herrens helgedom ska ligga i mitten. 11 Det är avsett för de helgade prästerna av Sadoks släkt som troget tjänade mig och inte irrade bort med israeliterna som leviterna gjorde. 12 De får detta stycke av det heliga området i landet som en särskild gåva. Den är höghelig och ligger intill leviternas område. 13 Utmed prästernas område ska leviterna ha sitt område, tolv och en halv kilometer långt och fem kilometer brett. Den totala längden blir tolv och en halv kilometer och bredden tio kilometer. 14 De får inte sälja eller byta bort något av det. Det bästa av landet får inte överlåtas åt någon annan, för det är helgat åt Herren.
15 Resten av området, som är 2,5 kilometer brett och tolv och en halv kilometer långt, ska vara till allmänt bruk för staden – till bostäder och betesmark. Staden ska ligga i mitten. 16 Stadens mått ska vara 2 250 meter i fyrkant, lika i norr, söder, öster och väster. 17 Stadens betesmarker ska sträcka sig 125 meter i varje riktning, norr, söder, öster och väster. 18 Det som återstår av detta område, som gränsar till det heliga området, är fem kilometer österut och fem kilometer västerut, utmed det heliga området. Dess avkastning ska livnära stadens arbetare. 19 Stadens arbetare från alla Israels stammar ska bruka marken. 20 Hela detta område mäter tolv och en halv kilometer i vardera riktningen. Ni ska avskilja ett heligt område, en fyrkant, tillsammans med stadens ägor.
21 Det som återstår på båda sidor om det heliga området och stadens ägor ska tillhöra fursten, utmed det tolv och en halv kilometer breda heliga området i öster till den östra gränsen, och utmed det tolv och en halv kilometer breda området i väster till den västra gränsen. Dessa områden längs stamlotterna ska tillhöra fursten. Det heliga området med helgedomen ska vara i mitten. 22 Leviternas ägor och stadens ägor ska ligga mitt emellan de områden som tillhör fursten. Området som tillhör fursten ligger mellan Judas och Benjamins gränser.
23 Av de övriga stammarna ska Benjamin ha en lott som sträcker sig från den östra sidan till den västra, 24 Simon en lott intill Benjamins, från öster till väster, 25 Isaskar en lott intill Simons, från öster till väster, 26 Sebulon en lott intill Isaskars, från öster till väster, 27 Gad en lott intill Sebulons, från öster till väster. 28 Gads södra gräns går söderut från Tamar till källorna vid Merivat Kadesh och vidare längs gränsfloden till Medelhavet.
29 Detta är det land som ni ska lotta ut som arvedel åt Israels stammar. Detta är deras lotter,” säger Herren, Herren.
Stadsportarna i det nya Jerusalem
30 Dessa är utgångarna från staden: På norra sidan, som är 2 250 meter lång, 31 finns tre portar i norr: Rubens, Judas och Levis. Stadsportarna är nämligen uppkallade efter Israels stammar. 32 På östra sidan, som är 2 250 meter lång, finns tre portar: Josefs, Benjamins och Dans. 33 På södra sidan, som är 2 250 meter lång, finns tre portar: Simons, Isaskars och Sebulons. 34 På västra sidan, som är 2 250 meter lång, finns tre portar: Gads, Ashers och Naftalis.
35 Hela stadens omkrets blir då nio kilometer. Namnet på staden ska för all framtid vara:
Herren är där.
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