3.
The allotment of the land
48:1-35
Ezek. 48
:1
48:1
Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, along the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath,
and Hazar-enan on the border of
the territory of Damascus with Hamath to the north (with their sides extending
from east
to west),
aDan, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:2
48:2
And alongside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side,
aAsher, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:3
48:3
And alongside the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side,
aNaphtali, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:4
48:4
And alongside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side,
aManasseh, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:5
48:5
And alongside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side,
aEphraim, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:6
48:6
And alongside the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side,
aReuben, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:7
48:7
And alongside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side,
aJudah, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:8
48:8
And alongside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the
1aheave offering
of land which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand
reeds in width, and in length just like one of the portions
of the tribes from the east side to the west side; and the
2sanctuary shall be in its midst.
Ezek. 48
:9
48:9
The heave offering that you shall offer to Jehovah shall be twenty-five thousand
reeds in length and ten thousand
reeds in width.
Ezek. 48
:10
48:10
And for these, that is, for the
apriests, shall be the holy heave offering — on the north twenty-five thousand
reeds in length, on the west ten thousand
reeds in width, on the east ten thousand
reeds in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand
reeds in length; and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in its midst.
Ezek. 48
:11
48:11
This is for the priests who are sanctified from among the sons of
aZadok, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
Ezek. 48
:12
48:12
And it shall be theirs as a heave offering from the heave offering of the land, most holy, alongside the territory of the Levites.
Ezek. 48
:13
48:13
And alongside the territory of the priests, the
aLevites shall have a portion twenty-five thousand
reeds in length and ten thousand
reeds in width. The whole length shall be twenty-five thousand
reeds, and
its width ten thousand
reeds.
Ezek. 48
:14
48:14
And they shall not sell or exchange or transfer any of it;
it is the firstfruits of the land, for it is holy to Jehovah.
Ezek. 48
:15
48:15
And the five thousand
reeds remaining of the width, alongside the twenty-five thousand
reeds, shall be for common use: for the
acity, for dwellings, and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst.
Ezek. 48
:16
48:16
And these shall be its measurements: the north side four thousand five hundred
reeds, the south side four thousand five hundred
reeds, on the east side four thousand five hundred
reeds, and the west side four thousand five hundred
reeds.
Ezek. 48
:17
48:17
And the city shall have suburbs: two hundred fifty
reeds to the north, two hundred fifty
reedsto the south, two hundred fifty
reeds to the east, and two hundred fifty
reeds to the west.
Ezek. 48
:18
48:18
And the remaining length, alongside the holy heave offering, shall be ten thousand
reeds to the east and ten thousand
reeds to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy heave offering. And its produce shall be food for those who labor in the city.
Ezek. 48
:19
48:19
And those who labor in the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall work it.
Ezek. 48
:20
48:20
The entire heave offering
of land shall be twenty-five thousand
reeds by twenty-five thousand
reeds. You shall offer the holy heave offering, a square, including the possession of the city.
Ezek. 48
:21
48:21
And what is remaining on both sides of the holy heave offering and of the city’s possession shall be for the
aprince; adjacent to the twenty-five thousand
reeds of the heave offering unto the eastern border, and to the west adjacent to the twenty-five thousand
reeds of the heave offering to the western border, alongside the portions
of the tribes, it shall be for the prince. And the holy heave offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst.
Ezek. 48
:22
48:22
And it shall be
distinct from the possession of the Levites and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of what belongs to the prince.
The remaining area lying between the territory of Judah and the territory of Benjamin shall be for the prince.
Ezek. 48
:23
48:23
And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side,
aBenjamin, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:24
48:24
And alongside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side,
aSimeon, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:25
48:25
And alongside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side,
aIssachar, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:26
48:26
And alongside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side,
aZebulun, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:27
48:27
And alongside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side,
aGad, one
portion.
Ezek. 48
:28
48:28
And alongside the border of Gad, at the south side to the south, the
aborder shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh to the brook
of Egypt to the Great Sea.
Ezek. 48
:29
48:29
This is the land which you shall divide by
alot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their portions, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek. 48
:30
48:30
And these are the exits of the city: On the north side,
which measures four thousand five hundred
reeds,
Ezek. 48
:31
48:31
(Now the
agates of the
1city shall be according to the names of the tribes of Israel)
2three gates to the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one;
Ezek. 48
:32
48:32
And on the east side,
which is four thousand five hundred
reeds, another three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one;
Ezek. 48
:33
48:33
And on the south side,
which measures four thousand five hundred
reeds, another three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one;
Ezek. 48
:34
48:34
On the west side,
which is four thousand five hundred
reeds, their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
Ezek. 48
:35
48:35
It shall be eighteen thousand
reeds all around, and the
aname of the city from that day shall be,
1bJehovah Is There.
