The New City

30 “These are the exits of the city:

On the north side, which measures 1½ miles,[a] 31 there will be three gates facing north, the gates of the city being named for the tribes of Israel: one, the gate of Reuben; one, the gate of Judah; and one, the gate of Levi.
32 On the east side, which is 1½ miles,[b] there will be three gates: one, the gate of Joseph; one, the gate of Benjamin; and one, the gate of Dan.
33 On the south side, which measures 1½ miles,[c] there will be three gates: one, the gate of Simeon; one, the gate of Issachar; and one, the gate of Zebulun.
34 On the west side, which is 1½ miles,[d] there will be three gates: one, the gate of Gad; one, the gate of Asher; and one, the gate of Naphtali.

35 The perimeter of the city will be six miles,[e] and the name of the city from that day on will be: Yahweh Is There.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:30 Lit 4,500 [cubits]
  2. Ezekiel 48:32 Lit 4,500 [cubits]
  3. Ezekiel 48:33 Lit 4,500 [cubits]
  4. Ezekiel 48:34 Lit 4,500 [cubits]
  5. Ezekiel 48:35 Lit 18,000 [cubits]

30 And these shall be the exits of the city: From[a] the north side,[b] four thousand and five hundred cubits [c] 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,[d] 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[e] 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[f] side, four thousand five hundred cubits,[g] 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,[h] and the name of the city from that day is “Yahweh Is There”!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:30 Or “on” or “along”
  2. Ezekiel 48:30 Literally “the side of the north”
  3. Ezekiel 48:30 That is, 1.5 miles
  4. Ezekiel 48:32 That is, 1.5 miles
  5. Ezekiel 48:33 That is, 1.5 miles
  6. Ezekiel 48:34 Or “sea”
  7. Ezekiel 48:34 That is, 1.5 miles
  8. Ezekiel 48:35 That is, 6 miles