Ezekiel 47:13–48:34

Apportionment of the Land

¹³Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This shall be the ^aboundary by which you shall apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two ^bportions.

¹⁴“You shall then apportion it for an inheritance, each one ¹equally with the other; for I ^2aswore to give it to your fathers, and this land shall fall to you ³as an inheritance.

¹⁵“This shall be the boundary of the land: on the ^anorth side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of ^1bZedad;

^161aHamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of ^bDamascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

¹⁷“And the boundary shall be from the sea to ^aHazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

¹⁸“And the ^aeast side, from between Hauran, Damascus, ^bGilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the ^cJordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

¹⁹“And the ^asouth side toward the south shall extend from ^bTamar as far as the waters of ^cMeribath-kadesh, to the ^dbrook of Egypt and to the ^eGreat Sea. This is the south side toward the south.

²⁰“And the ^awest side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite ^1bLebo-hamath. This is the west side.

²¹“So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

²²“And it will be that you shall divide it by ^alot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the ^bsojourners who sojourn in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel. They shall be allotted an ^cinheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

²³“And it will be that in the tribe with which the sojourner sojourns, there you shall give him his inheritance,” declares Lord Yahweh.

CHAPTER 48

¹“Now ^athese are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, ¹beside the way of Hethlon to ²Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north ³beside Hamath, ⁴running from east to west, ^bDan, one portion.

²“And beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, ^aAsher, one portion.

³“And beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, ^aNaphtali, one portion.

⁴“And beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, ^aManasseh, one portion.

⁵“And beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, ^aEphraim, one portion.

⁶“And beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, ^aReuben, one portion.

⁷“And beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, ^aJudah, one portion.

⁸“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the contribution which you shall contribute, 25,000 ¹cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the ^asanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

⁹“The contribution that you shall contribute to Yahweh shall be ¹25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.

¹⁰“And the holy contribution shall be for these, namely for the ^apriests, toward the north 25,000 cubits in length, toward the west 10,000 in width, toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst.

¹¹“It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the ^asons of Zadok, who have kept the responsibility given by Me, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the ^bLevites went astray.

¹²“And it shall be a contribution to them from the contribution of the land, a Holy of Holies, by the border of the Levites.

¹³“Now alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000.

¹⁴“Moreover, they ^ashall not sell or exchange any of it, or let this ¹choice portion of land pass over to another; for it is holy to Yahweh.

¹⁵“And the remainder, ¹5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 ²in length, shall be for ^acommon use for the city, for places of habitation, and for ³open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.

¹⁶“And these shall be its measurements: the north side ¹4,500 cubits, the south side ^a4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits.

¹⁷“And the city shall have ¹open spaces: on the north ²250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.

¹⁸“And the remainder of the length alongside the holy contribution shall be 10,000 cubits toward the east and 10,000 toward the west; and it shall be ¹alongside the holy contribution. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.

¹⁹“The workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

²⁰“The whole contribution shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall contribute the holy contribution, a ¹square, with the city’s possession of land.

²¹“And the ^aremainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy contribution and of the city’s possession of land; in front of the 25,000 cubits of the contribution toward the east border and westward in front of the 25,000 toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy contribution and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.

²²“And apart from the Levites’ possession and the city’s possession, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince.

²³“Now as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, ^aBenjamin, one portion.

²⁴“And beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, ^aSimeon, one portion.

²⁵“And beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, ^aIssachar, one portion.

²⁶“And beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, ^aZebulun, one portion.

²⁷“And beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, ^aGad, one portion.

²⁸“And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from ^aTamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the ^bGreat Sea.

²⁹“This is the ^aland which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Yahweh Is There

³⁰“And these are the exits of the city: on the ^anorth side, 4,500 cubits by measurement.

³¹“And the gates of the city shall be ^1anamed for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.

³²“And on the east side, 4,500 cubits, ¹shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

³³“And on the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, ¹shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

³⁴“On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.