Ezekiel 48
1NOW these are the names of the tribes beginning northward along the bay to the harbour of Emath, the court of Elam, the border of Damascus northward, along part of Emath Aula; and they shall have from their eastern boundary to the sea one portion for Dan.
2And bordering on Dan from the eastern boundary to the sea a portion for Aser.
3And bordering on Aser from the eastern boundary to the sea a portion for Nephthaleim;
4and bordering on Nephthaleim from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Manasses;
5and bordering on Manasses from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Ephraim;
6and bordering on Ephraim from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Reuben;
7and bordering on Reuben from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Juda;
8and bordering on Juda from the eastern boundary shall be the dedicated portion twenty-five thousand cubits broad and the length like one of the portions from the eastern boundary to the sea, so the sanctuary shall be in the midst of them.
9The oblation which you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty-five thousand broad.
10Out of these there shall be for the priests the holy dedication, on the north side twenty-five thousand and on the west side ten thousand and on the south side twenty-five thousand. And the mountain of the Holies shall be in the midst of it.
11To the priests, the consecrated sons of Sadduk, who keep the watches of the house, who were not led astray in the apostasy of the children of Israel, as the Levites were,
12even to them this dedicated portion is given out of the dedicated portions of the land, as a Holy of Holies, apart from the Levites;
13and to the Levites shall be given, adjoining the borders of the priests, a portion twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand broad; the whole being twenty-five thousand in length and twenty thousand in breadth.
14No part of this shall be sold; nor shall it be parcelled out; nor shall the first fruits of this land be set apart; for it is dedicated to the Lord.
15And with regard to the overplus twenty-five thousand in length and five thousand broad, out of it there shall be a plot for the city, for building and for the open walk around it. Now the city shall be in the middle of it,
16and these shall be its dimensions—on the north, four thousand five hundred cubits; and on the south, four thousand five hundred; and on the east, four thousand five hundred; and on the west, four thousand five hundred.
17And the open walk for the city shall be on the north, two hundred and fifty, and on the south, two hundred and fifty, and on the east, two hundred and fifty, and on the west, two hundred and fifty.
18And the residue of the length adjoining the holy dedication, ten thousand on the east and ten thousand on the west side shall be dedicated portions, and they who occupy the city shall have the products thereof for bread.
19It may be worked by any out of all the tribes of Israel who occupy the city.
20The whole oblation twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand shall be a square. From it you shall set apart the oblation for the sanctuary bordering on the possession of the city.
21And the residue on the one side and the other shall be for the ruler, bordering on the holy portions and along the possession of the city for twenty-five thousand in length, and thence to the eastern boundary and westward by twenty-five thousand to the western boundary. Adjoining these portions of the ruler shall be the holy oblation.
22And the dedication appropriate to the house shall be in the middle of it and taken from [that part assigned to] the Levites, and shall border on the possession of the city which is in the middle between the ruler’s portions. And it shall be between the borders of Juda and the borders of Benjamin and the portions of the ruler.
23And with respect to the rest of the tribes, there shall be from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Benjamin;
24and bordering on Benjamin from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Symeon;
25and bordering on Symeon, from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Issachar;
26and bordering on Issachar from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Zabulon;
27and bordering upon Zabulon from the eastern boundary to the sea, a portion for Gad:
28and the borders of Gad shall be from the eastern boundary and on the south along by the border of Thaiman and the waters of Baremoth Kades included in his possession, to the great sea.
29This is the land which you shall parcel out by lot among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
30Moreover these shall be the streets of the city: Those running northward, four thousand five hundred cubits;
31and the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel, three gates facing the north, one gate Reuben, one gate Juda and one gate Levi;
32and those running eastward, four thousand five hundred cubits, with three gates: one gate Joseph and one gate Benjamin and one gate Dan;
33and those running southward, four thousand five hundred cubits with three gates: one gate Symeon, and one gate Issachar, and one gate Zabulon;
34and those running westward four thousand five hundred cubits with three gates: one gate Gad, and one gate Aser, and one gate Nephthaleim.
35The circumference, eighteen thousand [cubits]. And the name of the city from the day it is built shall be the name it now hath.