Ezekiel 46–48

46Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “The gate of the inner courtyard facing east must be shut on^a the six of the days for work, but on the day of the Sabbath it must be opened and on the day of the new moon it must be opened. ²And the prince shall come by way of the portico of the gate from the outside, and he shall stand at the doorframe of the gate and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings, and he shall bow down at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be closed until the evening. ³And the people of the land will bow down at the doorway of that gate on the Sabbaths and on the new moons before^b Yahweh.

⁴And the burnt offering which the prince will offer to Yahweh on the Sabbath day must be six male lambs without defect and a ram without defect. ⁵And the grain offering he will give shall be an ephah for each ram,^c and for the male lambs the grain offering shall be as much as he wants to give^d and a hin of olive oil for each ephah.^{e 6}And on the day of the new moon he will offer a bull, a calf^f without defect and six male lambs and a ram; they must be without defect. ⁷And an ephah for each bull and an ephah for the ram he must provide as a grain offering, and also for the male lambs as much as he can afford^g and a hin of olive oil for each ephah.

⁸And when the prince comes, on^h the way of the portico of the gate he shall come and by thisⁱ way he shall go out. ⁹And when the people of the land come before^j Yahweh at the festivals, the one coming by way of the gate of the north to bow down^k must go out by the way of the gate of the south, and the one coming by way of the gate of the south must go out by the way of the gate of the north, so he must not return by the way of the gate by which he came,^l but before it he^m shall go out opposite it. ¹⁰And the prince will be in the midst of them; he will come in when they come in, and when they go out he will go out.

¹¹And at the festivals and at the appointed times, the grain offering will be an ephah with a bull and an ephah with the ram and with the male lambs, as much as he wants to give,ⁿ and a hin of olive oil for each ephah.^{o 12}And when the prince makes a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or a fellowship offering as a freewill offering to Yahweh, the gate facing east will be open for him. And he must offer his burnt offering and his fellowship offering just as^p he does on the day of the Sabbath, and then he must go out and the gate will shut after he goes out.^{q 13}And a male lamb, a yearling^r without defect, he must provide as a burnt offering daily^s for Yahweh; every morning^t he must provide it. ¹⁴And a grain offering he must provide in addition to it every morning,^u a^v sixth of an^w ephah and a third of a hin of olive oil to moisten the finely milled flour as a grain offering to Yahweh as a perpetual statute.^{x 15}So they must provide the male lamb and the grain offering and the olive oil every morning^y as a regular burnt offering.”^z

¹⁶Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “If the prince gives a gift to any one from among his sons, it is his inheritance and it will belong^a to his sons; it is their possession as an inheritance. ¹⁷And if he give a gift from his inheritance to one from among his servants, then it will belong^b to him until the year of release,^c and then it will return to the prince. His inheritance with respect to his sons will be only for them. ¹⁸But the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people to rob^d them, separating them from their property; from his own property he shall bestow an inheritance on his sons, so that my people will not be driven away, any one, from his property.”

¹⁹Then he brought me through the entrance which was on the side of the gate to the holy chambers^e to the priests; the chambers were facing northwards and, look, there was a place at the extreme end westwards. ²⁰And he said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering in order not to bring them out to the outer courtyard to make the people holy. ²¹And he brought me to the outer courtyard and led me past the four corners of the courtyard; and look, there was a courtyard in each corner of the courtyard.^{f 22}In the four corners of the courtyard were small^g courtyards forty cubits in length and thirty cubits in width, each with the same measurements^h for the four of them with corners.^{i 23}And a row was all around inside^j them, and cooking-places were made under the rows of stones^k all around. ²⁴And he said to me, “These are the houses for^l cooking, where the ones serving the temple shall cook the sacrifices of the people.”

River of the Temple, Division of the Land and Its Boundaries

47And he brought me back to the doorway of the temple and, look! There was water coming out from under the threshold of the temple eastward, because the face of the temple was eastwards; and the water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, from south of the altar. ²And he brought me out by the way of the north gate and he led me around by the way leading to the outside of the outer gate^a by way of the gate facing east, and look, there was water trickling from the south side. ³As the man went eastward a measuring line was in his hand, and he measured a thousand cubits.^b And he led me through on into the water; it was ankle deep.^{c 4}And he measured a thousand cubits,^d and he brought me over into the waters and it was knee deep.^e And he measured a thousand cubits,^f and he brought me over into the waters and it was waist deep.^{g 5}And he measured a thousand cubits,^h and it became a stream that I was not able to cross, because the water rose, waters a person could swim in,ⁱ and became a stream that could not be crossed. ⁶And he asked me, “Son of man,^j did you see this?” And he made me go, and he brought me back along the bank of the stream.

⁷When I returned,^k then look! On the bank of the river were many trees on both sides.^{l 8}And he said to me, “These waters are going out to the eastern region, and they go down to the Jordan Valley,^m and they come to the seaⁿ and flow into the sea where they issue out,^o and the waters in the sea will be healed.^{p 9}And then every living creature with which it teems,^q to every place the waters come^r it will live; and very many fish will live because these waters came there, and so the water will be healed^s and everything will be alive everywhere that^t the stream will come.^{u 10}And then fishers^v from En Gedi and on up to En Eglaim will stand beside it, a sea-girt drying yard for nets; their fish for the dragnets will be of every kind,^w like the fish of the great sea,^x and very many. ¹¹But its marshes and its swamps will not be cured, for they were given for salt. ¹²And along the stream will go up on its banks from both sides^y every tree producing food;^z its leaf will not wither and it will not cease producing its fruit. Every month^a it will bear early fruit, for its waters are going out from the sanctuary, and its fruit will be as food, and its leaf for healing.”

¹³Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “This is the boundary by which you shall distribute the land for the twelve^b tribes of Israel: Two shares shall be for Joseph. ¹⁴And you must take possession of it, each one a share like his brother, of this land which I swore^c to give it to your fathers, and so this land shall fall to you as an inheritance. ¹⁵And^d this is the boundary of the land: On the north side,^e from the great sea by the way of Hethlon until you come to Zedad,^{f 16}Hamath^g to Berothath to Sibraim, which is^h between the boundary of Damascus and the boundary of Hamath, on to Hazer Hatticon, which is on the boundary of Hauran. ¹⁷And so the boundary will be from the seaⁱ to Hazar Enan at the boundary of Damascus northwards and the boundary of Hamath to the north, and this is the boundary on the side of the north. ¹⁸And the eastern boundary^j will be between Hauran and Damascus, and from between Gilead and the land of Israel along the Jordan River from^k the boundary on the eastern sea to Tamar. And^l this is the border on the east.^{m 19}And on the south side the borderⁿ will run from Tamar up to the waters of Meribot Kadesh and along the wadi^o to the Great Sea.^p And this is the boundary to the south.^{q 20}And on the west side^r the Great Sea^s shall be the boundary up to opposite Lebo-Hamath. This is the western boundary.^t

²¹You shall divide this land for yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. ²²And then you shall allocate it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens dwelling as aliens in the midst of you who have children in the midst of you, and so they shall be to you just like full citizens among the Israelites.^u With you they shall be allotted with an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel. ²³And then in the tribe in which an alien who is with you dwells, there you shall give his inheritance,” declares^v the Lord Yahweh.

The Allotment of the Land and the Gates of the City

48And^a these are the names of the tribes: At the end of the north, along the way to Hethlon^b from Lebo-hamath to Hazar Enan on the boundary of Damascus beside Hamath northward,^c there will be one portion for Dan from the eastern border to the west.^{d 2}And next to the territory of Dan, from the eastern border^e up to the western border,^f one portion for Asher. ³And next to the territory of Asher, from the eastern border^g and up to the western border,^h one portion for Naphtali. ⁴And next to the territory of Naphtali, from the eastern borderⁱ up to the western border,^j one portion for Manasseh. ⁵And next to the territory of Manasseh, from the eastern border^k up to the western border,^l one portion for Ephraim. ⁶And next to the territory of Ephraim, from the eastern border^m and up to the western border,ⁿ one portion for Reuben. ⁷And next to the territory of Reuben, from the eastern border^o up to the western border,^p…