Ezekiel 48

The Portions for the Tribes

1“Now theseH428 are the namesH8034 of the tribesH7626:

At the northernH6828 frontierH7097, DanH1835 will have one portionH259 borderingH413H3027 the roadH1870 of HethlonH2855H935 to Lebo-hamathH2574 and running on to Hazar-enanH2704 on the borderH1366 of DamascusH1834 with HamathH2574 to the northH6828, and extending from the eastH6921 sideH6285 to the west sideH3220. 2AsherH836 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of DanH1835 from eastH6921H6285 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 3NaphtaliH5321 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of AsherH836 from eastH6921H6285 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 4ManassehH4519 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of NaphtaliH5321 from eastH6921H6285 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 5EphraimH669 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of ManassehH4519 from eastH6921H6285 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 6ReubenH7205 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of EphraimH669 from eastH6921H6285 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 7JudahH3063 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of ReubenH7205 from eastH6921H6285 toH5704H6285 westH3220.

The Portions for the Priests and Levites

8BorderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of JudahH3063, from eastH6921H6285 toH5704 westH3220, will beH1961 the portionH8641 you are to set apartH7311. It will be 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits wideH7341,1 and the lengthH753 of aH259 tribal portionH2506 fromH6285 eastH6921 toH5704H6285 westH3220. In the centerH8432 will beH1961 the sanctuaryH4720.

9The special portionH8641 you set apartH7311 to the LORDH3068 shall be 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits longH753 and 10,000H6235H505 cubits wideH7341.2

10This will beH428 the holyH6944 portionH8641 for the priestsH3548. It will beH1961 25,000 cubits longH2568H6242H505 on the north sideH6828, 10,000H6235H505 cubits wideH7341 on the west sideH3220, 10,000H6235H505 cubits wideH7341 on the east sideH6921, and 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits longH753 on the southH5045 side. In the centerH8432 will beH1961 the sanctuaryH4720 of the LORDH3068. 11It will be for the consecratedH6942 priestsH3548, the descendantsH1121 of ZadokH6659, whoH834 keptH8104 My chargeH4931 and did notH3808 go astrayH8582 as the LevitesH3881 did when the IsraelitesH1121H3478 went astrayH8582. 12It will beH1961 a special portionH8642 for them set apartH8641 from the landH776, a most holy portionH69443 adjacent toH413 the territoryH1366 of the LevitesH3881.

13BorderingH5980 the territoryH1366 of the priestsH3548, the LevitesH3881 shall have an area 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits longH753 and 10,000 cubitsH6235H505 wideH7341. The wholeH3605 lengthH753 will be 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits, and the widthH7341 10,000H6235H505 cubits. 14They must notH3808 sellH4376 or exchangeH4171 any of itH4480, and they mustH3808 notH3808 transferH5674 this bestH7225 part of the landH776, forH3588 it is holyH6944 to the LORDH3068.

The Common Portion

15The remaining areaH3498, 5,000H2568H505 cubits4 wideH7341 and 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits long, will be for common useH2455 by the cityH5892, for housesH4186, and for pasturelandH4054. The cityH5892 will beH1961 in the center of itH8432 16and will have theseH428 measurementsH4060: 4,500H2568H3967H702H505 cubits5 on the northH6828 sideH6285, 4,500H2568 cubits on the southH5045 sideH6285, 4,500H2568H3967H702H505 cubits on the eastH6921 sideH6285, and 4,500H2568H3967H702H505 cubits on the westH3220 sideH6285.

17The pasturelandH4054 of the cityH5892 will extendH1961 250H2572H3967 cubits6 to the northH6828, 250H2572H3967 cubits to the southH5045, 250H2572H3967 cubits to the eastH6921, and 250H2572H3967 cubits to the westH3220.

18The remainderH3498 of the lengthH753 borderingH5980 the holyH6944 portionH8641 and runningH1961 adjacent toH5980 it will be 10,000H6235H505 cubits on the east sideH6921 and 10,000H6235H505 cubits on the west sideH3220. Its produceH8393 will supplyH1961 foodH3899 for the workersH5647 of the cityH5892. 19The workersH5647 of the cityH5892 who cultivate itH5647 will come from allH3605 the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478.

20The entireH3605 portionH8641 will be a squareH7243, 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits by 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits. You are to set apartH7311 the holyH6944 portionH8641, along withH413 the cityH5892 propertyH272.

The Portion for the Prince

21The remaining areaH3498 on both sidesH2088 of the holyH6944 portionH8641 and of the propertyH272 of the cityH5892 will belong to the princeH5387. HeH5387 will own the land adjacent toH5980 the tribal portionsH2506, extendingH413H6440 eastward from the 25,000H2568H6242H505 cubits of the holy districtH8641 towardH5704 the easternH6921 borderH1366, and westwardH3220H6440 from the 25,000H2568H6242H505H5921 cubits to the westernH3220 borderH1366. And in the center of themH8432 will beH1961 the holyH6944 portionH8641 and the sanctuaryH4720 of the templeH1004.

22So the LeviticalH3881 propertyH272 and the cityH5892 propertyH272 will lie in the centerH8432 of the areaH834 belongingH1961 to the princeH5387—the area betweenH996 the bordersH1366 of JudahH3063 andH996 BenjaminH1144.

The Portions for the Remaining Tribes

23As for the restH3499 of the tribesH7626:

BenjaminH1144 will have one portionH259 extending from the eastH6921 sideH6285 toH5704 theH6285 west sideH3220. 24SimeonH8095 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of BenjaminH1144 from eastH6921 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 25IssacharH3485 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of SimeonH8095 from eastH6921 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 26ZebulunH2074 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of IssacharH3485 from eastH6921 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 27And GadH1410 will have one portionH259 borderingH5921 the territoryH1366 of ZebulunH2074 from eastH6921 toH5704H6285 westH3220. 28

The southernH5045H8486 borderH1366 of GadH1410 will runH1961 from TamarH8559 to the watersH4325 of Meribath-kadeshH4809H6946, then along the BrookH5158 of Egypt7 and out toH5921 the GreatH1419 SeaH3220.8 29ThisH2063 is the landH776 you are to allotH5307 as an inheritanceH5159 to the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, and theseH428 will be their portionsH4256,” declaresH5002 the LordH136 GODH3069.

The City Gates and Dimensions

30“TheseH428 will be the exitsH8444 of the cityH5892:

31Beginning on the northH6828 sideH6285, which will beH4060 4,500H2568H3967H702H505 cubits long, the gatesH8179 of the cityH5892H5921 will be namedH8034 after the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478. On the north sideH6828 there will be threeH7969 gatesH8179: the gateH8179 of ReubenH7205, the gateH8179 of JudahH3063, and the gateH8179 of LeviH3881. 32OnH413 the eastH6921 sideH6285, which will be 4,500H2568H3967H702H505 cubits long, there will be threeH7969 gatesH8179: the gateH8179 of JosephH3130, the gateH8179 of BenjaminH1144, and the gateH8179 of DanH1835. 33On the southH5045 sideH6285, which will beH4060 4,500H2568H3967H702H505 cubits long, there will be threeH7969 gatesH8179: the gateH8179 of SimeonH8095, the gateH8179 of IssacharH3485, and the gateH8179 of ZebulunH2074. 34And on the westH3220 sideH6285, which will be 4,500H2568H3967H702H505 cubits long, there will be threeH7969 gatesH8179: the gateH8179 of GadH1410, the gateH8179 of AsherH836, and the gateH8179 of NaphtaliH5321.

35The perimeterH5439 of the city will be 18,000H8083H6240H505 cubits,9 and from that day onH3117 the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 will be:

THE LORDH3068 IS THEREH8033.10”