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Ezekiel 48 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Division of the Land

Eze 48:1

“Now these are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, [fn]beside the way of Hethlon to [fn]Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north [fn]beside Hamath, [fn]running from east to west, Dan, one portion.

Eze 48:2“Beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.
Eze 48:3“Beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
Eze 48:4“Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
Eze 48:5“Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.
Eze 48:6“Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
Eze 48:7“Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.
Eze 48:8

“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [fn]allotment which you shall [fn]set apart, twenty-five thousand [fn]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

Eze 48:9“The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

Portion for the Priests

Eze 48:10“The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst.
Eze 48:11It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have [fn]taken the responsibility I gave them, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the Levites went astray.
Eze 48:12“It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy reserve, by the border of the Levites.
Eze 48:13“And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width ten thousand.
Eze 48:14“Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this [fn]choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the LORD.
Eze 48:15

“The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand [fn]in length, shall be for common use for the city, for homes and for [fn]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.

Eze 48:16“And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 cubits.
Eze 48:17“The city shall have [fn]open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.
Eze 48:18“The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be ten thousand cubits toward the east and ten thousand toward the west; and it shall be [fn]alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
Eze 48:19“And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
Eze 48:20“The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; you shall [fn]set apart the holy allotment, a [fn]square, with the [fn]property of the city.

Portion for the Prince

Eze 48:21

“The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the [fn]property of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.

Eze 48:22“And exclusive of the [fn]property of the Levites and the [fn]property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.

Portion for Other Tribes

Eze 48:23

“As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

Eze 48:24“Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
Eze 48:25“Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
Eze 48:26“Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.
Eze 48:27“Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.
Eze 48:28“And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the Great Sea.
Eze 48:29“This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares the Lord [fn]GOD.

The City Gates

Eze 48:30

“Now these are the exits of the city: on the north side, 4,500 cubits by measurement,

Eze 48:31[fn]shall be the gates of the city, [fn]named for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; and the gate of Levi, one.
Eze 48:32“On the east side, 4,500 cubits, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one.
Eze 48:33“On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one.
Eze 48:34“On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one.
Eze 48:35The city shall be eighteen thousand cubits all around; and the name of the city from that day shall be,[fn]The LORD is there.’”
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit at the hand of
Or the entrance of Hamath
Lit at the hand of
Lit and there shall be to it an east and the west side
Or contribution, and so throughout the ch
Lit raise
Each of these cubits equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
Lit kept the duty to Me
Lit first; or first fruits
Lit in front
Or pasture land
Or pasture land
Or exactly as
Lit raise
Lit fourth
Or possession
Or possession
Or possession
Or possession
Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Lit and the gates
Lit according to the names of
Lit and three gates
Lit and three gates
Heb YHWH-shammah
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