Ezekiel 48

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1"Now these are the names of the tribes: From the northern end, along the road of Hethlon, to Lebo-hamath as far as Hazar-enon, at the northern border of Damascus, alongside Hamath and extending from the eastern side to the sea, will be Dan-- one portion.

2Next to the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, will be Asher-- one [portion].

3Next to the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, will be Naphtali-- one [portion].

4Next to the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, will be Manasseh-- one [portion].

5Next to the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, will be Ephraim-- one [portion].

6Next to the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, will be Reuben-- one [portion].

7Next to the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, will be Judah-- one [portion].

8"Next to the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, will be the portion you donate [to the LORD], eight and one-third [miles] wide, and as long as one of the [tribal] portions from the east side to the west. The sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

9"The [special] portion you donate to the LORD will be eight and one-third [miles] long and three and one-third [miles] wide.

10This holy donation will be set apart for the priests [alone]. It will be eight and one-third [miles long] on the northern side, three and one-third [miles] wide on the western side, three and one-third [miles] wide on the eastern side, and eight and one-third [miles] long on the southern side. The LORD's sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

11It is for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.

12It will be a special donation for them out of the [holy] donation of the land, a most holy place adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

13"Next to the territory of the priests, the Levites [will have an area] eight and one-third [miles] long and three and one-third [miles] wide. The total length will be eight and one-third [miles] and the width three and one-third [miles].

14They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this choice [part] of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

15"The remaining [area], one and two-thirds [of a mile] wide and eight and one-third [miles long], will be for common use by the city, for [both] residential and open space. The city will be in the middle of it.

16These are the city's measurements: one and a half [miles] on the north side; one and a half [miles] on the south side; one and a half [miles] on the east side; and one and a half [miles] on the west side.

17The city's open space will extend: 425 [feet] to the north, 425 [feet] to the south, 425 [feet] to the east, and 425 [feet] to the west.

18"The remainder of the length alongside the holy donation will be three and one-third [miles] to the east and three and one-third [miles] to the west. It will run alongside the holy donation. Its produce will be food for the workers of the city.

19The city's workers from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it.

20The entire donation will be eight and one-third [miles] by eight and one-third [miles]; you are to set apart the holy donation along with the city property as a square [area].

21"The remaining [area] on both sides of the holy donation and the city property will belong to the prince. He will own [the land] adjacent to the [tribal] portions, next to the eight and one-third [miles] of the donation as far as the eastern border and next to the eight and one-third [miles of the donation] as far as the western border. The holy donation and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.

22Except for the Levitical property and the city property in the middle of the area belonging to the prince, the area between the territory of Judah and that of Benjamin will belong to the prince.

23"As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west, will be Benjamin-- one [portion].

24Next to the territory of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, will be Simeon-- one [portion].

25Next to the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, will be Issachar-- one [portion].

26Next to the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, will be Zebulun-- one [portion].

27Next to the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, will be Gad-- one [portion].

28Next to the territory of Gad toward the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook [of Egypt], and out to the Mediterranean Sea.

29This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel's tribes, and these will be their portions." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God.

30"These are the exits of the city: On the north side, which measures one and a half [miles],

31there 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.

32On the east side, which is one and a half [miles], there will be three gates: one, the gate of Joseph; one, the gate of Benjamin; and one, the gate of Dan.

33On the south side, which measures one and a half [miles], there will be three gates: one, the gate of Simeon; one, the gate of Issachar; and one, the gate of Zebulun.

34On the west side, which is one and a half [miles], there will be three gates: one, the gate of Gad; one, the gate of Asher; and one, the gate of Naphtali.

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

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