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The Gates of the New City

30 These are the exits of the city on the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits by measurement. 31 The gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

32 At the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits, shall be three gates: one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

33 At the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits[a] by measurement, shall be three gates: one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

34 At the west side, four thousand five hundred cubits, shall be three gates: one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

35 The circumference shall be eighteen thousand cubits.[b]

And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord Is There.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 48:33 About 1½ miles, or 2.4 kilometers.
  2. Ezekiel 48:35 About 6 miles, or 9.5 kilometers.

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