Ezekiel Chapter 48

¹ “These are the names of the tribes. Beginning on the northern boundary, from the sea by way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enon (on the northern boundary of Damascus beside Hamath) running from the east side to the west: one portion each for Dan, ² Asher, ³ Naphtali, ⁴ Manasseh, ⁵ Ephraim, ⁶ Reuben, ⁷ and Judah.

Ezek 48:1-7

⁸ “Adjoining Judah from east to west will be the allotment set aside from east to west 8.2 miles ^{25,000 cubits} wide and equal to one of the portions. The sanctuary will be in the middle of it. ^9-10 The allotment set aside to Yahveh will be 8.2 x 3¼ miles ^{25,000 x 10,000 cubits}, running east and west. The allotment will be for the priests ¹¹ that are sanctified from the descendants of Zadok, who kept my charge and didn’t go astray when Israel went astray—like the Levites did. ¹² It will be an allotment to them from the land, a most holy place beside the Levites’ portion. ¹³ Alongside the boundary of the priests, the Levites will have a portion 8.2 x 3¼ miles ^{25,000 x 10,000 cubits}. ¹⁴ They won’t sell or temporarily exchange any of it or pass the first part of its harvest to anyone else, because it’s holy to Yahveh.     

Ezek 48:8-14

¹⁵ “The remainder, 1.63 x 8.2 miles ^{5,000 x 25,000 cubits}, will be for common use by the city, for houses and open spaces. The city will lie in the middle of it. ¹⁶ It will be square, measuring 1.47 miles on a side. ¹⁷ The city will have an open space 430' 7" ^{250 cubits} wide all the way around it. ¹⁸ The rest of the length alongside the holy allotment will be 3¼ miles ^{10,000 cubits} wide running east and west. Its crops and produce will feed the workmen in the city. ¹⁹ The workmen in the city—from all the tribes—will cultivate it. ²⁰ The whole allotment will be 8.2 miles ^{25,000 cubits} square. Set it aside with the city’s property.

²¹ “What’s left on both sides of the holy portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince, extending from east to west 8.2 miles ^{25,000 cubits} parallel to the holy portion. The holy portion with the Temple in the middle, ²² the property of the Levites, and the property of the city will be inside the prince’s portion, which will lie between Judah and Benjamin.       

Ezek 48:15-22

²³ “For the rest of the tribes from east to west: Benjamin, one portion; ²⁴ then Simeon, one portion; ²⁵ then Issachar, one portion; ²⁶ then Zebulun, one portion; ²⁷ then Gad, one portion. ²⁸ Joining Gad at the south side, the boundary will be from Tamar to the water at Meribath-kadesh to the River of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. ²⁹ That’s the land you’ll divide by lot to the tribes of Israel,”

                                                                        the Lord Yahveh says.               

Ezek 48:23-29

The Gates of the City

³⁰ “The city, which is 1¼ mile on a side, ³¹ will have gates that bear the names of the tribes:

three gates on the north side: Reuben, Judah, and Levi;

³² three on the east: Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan;

³³ three on the south: Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun; and

³⁴ three on the west: Gad, Asher, and Naphtali.

³⁵ The city will be 5.9 miles ^{18,000 cubits} around and named Yahveh Is There [Yahveh Shammah].”             

Ezek 48:30-35

Version by Virgil Warren: christir.org