Ezekiel 48 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Division of the Land

Eze 48:1Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.

Eze 48:2

Eze 48:2And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion.

Eze 48:3

Eze 48:3And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali, one portion.

Eze 48:4

Eze 48:4And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh, one portion.

Eze 48:5

Eze 48:5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim, one portion.

Eze 48:6

Eze 48:6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben, one portion.

Eze 48:7

Eze 48:7And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah, one portion.

Eze 48:8

Eze 48:8And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the oblation which ye shall offer, five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

Eze 48:9

Eze 48:9The oblation that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.

Portion for the Priests

Eze 48:10

Eze 48:10And for these, even for the priests, shall be the holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst thereof.

Eze 48:11

Eze 48:11It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, that have kept my charge, that went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

Eze 48:12

Eze 48:12And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Eze 48:13

Eze 48:13And answerable unto the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

Eze 48:14

Eze 48:14And they shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first-fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy unto Jehovah.

Eze 48:15

Eze 48:15And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

Eze 48:16

Eze 48:16And these shall be the measures thereof: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

Eze 48:17

Eze 48:17And the city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

Eze 48:18

Eze 48:18And the residue in the length, answerable unto the holy oblation, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable unto the holy oblation; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that labor in the city.

Eze 48:19

Eze 48:19And they that labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall till it.

Eze 48:20

Eze 48:20All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation four-square, with the possession of the city.

Portion for the Prince

Eze 48:21

Eze 48:21And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city; in front of the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward in front of the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, answerable unto the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy oblation and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

Eze 48:22

Eze 48:22Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.

Portion for Other Tribes

Eze 48:23

Eze 48:23And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

Eze 48:24

Eze 48:24And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon, one portion.

Eze 48:25

Eze 48:25And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar, one portion.

Eze 48:26

Eze 48:26And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun, one portion.

Eze 48:27

Eze 48:27And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one portion.

Eze 48:28

Eze 48:28And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, unto the great sea.

Eze 48:29

Eze 48:29This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The City Gates

Eze 48:30

Eze 48:30And these are the egresses of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure;

Eze 48:31

Eze 48:31and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.

Eze 48:32

Eze 48:32And at the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

Eze 48:33

Eze 48:33And at the south side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

Eze 48:34

Eze 48:34At the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.

Eze 48:35

Eze 48:35It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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