Ezekiel 48

The Tribal Allotments

1“Now these are the names of the tribes:

From the northern end, along the road of Hethlon, to Lebo-hamath as far as Hazar-enon, at the northern border of Damascus, alongside Hamath and extending from the eastern side to the sea, will be Dan — one portion.

2Next to the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, will be Asher — one portion.

3Next to the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, will be Naphtali — one portion.

4Next to the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, will be Manasseh — one portion.

5Next to the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, will be Ephraim — one portion.

6Next to the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, will be Reuben — one portion.

7Next to the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, will be Judah — one portion.

8“Next to the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, will be the portion you donate to the Lord, 8 1/3 miles # 48:8 Lit 25,000 cubits, also in vv. 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, 21 wide, and as long as one of the tribal portions from the east side to the west. # 48:8–9 Ezk 45:1–5 The sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

9“The special portion you donate to the Lord will be 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles # 48:9 Lit 10,000 cubits, also in vv. 10,13,18 wide. 10This holy donation will be set apart for the priests alone. It will be 8 1/3 miles long on the northern side, 3 1/3 miles wide on the western side, 3 1/3 miles wide on the eastern side, and 8 1/3 miles long on the southern side. The Lord’s sanctuary will be in the middle of it. 11It is for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge # 48:11 Ezk 44:10,15 and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. 12It will be a special donation for them out of the holy donation of the land, a most holy place adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

13“Next to the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an area 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide. The total length will be 8 1/3 miles and the width 3 1/3 miles. # 48:13 Ezk 45:1 14They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this choice part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord. # 48:14 Lv 25:34; 27:28

15“The remaining area, 1 2/3 miles # 48:15 Lit 5,000 cubits wide and 8 1/3 miles long, will be for common use by the city, # 48:15 Ezk 45:6 for both residential and open space. The city will be in the middle of it. 16These are the city’s measurements:

1 1/2 miles # 48:16 Lit 4,500 cubits, also in vv. 30,32,33,34 on the north side;

1 1/2 miles on the south side;

1 1/2 miles on the east side;

and 1 1/2 miles on the west side.

17The city’s open space will extend:

425 feet # 48:17 Lit 250 cubits to the north,

425 feet to the south,

425 feet to the east,

and 425 feet to the west.

18“The remainder of the length alongside the holy donation will be 3 1/3 miles to the east and 3 1/3 miles to the west. It will run alongside the holy donation. Its produce will be food for the workers of the city. 19The city’s workers from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it. # 48:19 Ezk 45:6 20The entire donation will be 8 1/3 miles by 8 1/3 miles; you are to set apart the holy donation along with the city property as a square area.

21“The remaining area on both sides of the holy donation and the city property will belong to the prince. # 48:21 Ezk 34:24; 45:7 He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, next to the 8 1/3 miles of the donation as far as the eastern border and # 48:21 Lit border, and to the west, next to the 8 1/3 miles of the donation as far as the western border. The holy donation and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it. 22Except for the Levitical property and the city property in the middle of the area belonging to the prince, the area between the territory of Judah and that of Benjamin will belong to the prince. # 48:22 Jos 18:21–28

23“As for the rest of the tribes:

From the east side to the west, will be Benjamin — one portion.

24Next to the territory of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, will be Simeon — one portion.

25Next to the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, will be Issachar — one portion.

26Next to the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, will be Zebulun — one portion.

27Next to the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, will be Gad — one portion.

28Next to the territory of Gad toward the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the Waters # 48:28 2Ch 20:2 of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook of Egypt, and out to the Mediterranean Sea. 29This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel’s tribes, # 48:29 Ezk 47:13–20 and these will be their portions.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

The New City

30“These are the exits of the city:

On the north side, which measures 1 1/2 miles, 31there will be three gates facing north, the gates of the city being named for the tribes of Israel: one, the gate of Reuben; one, the gate of Judah; and one, the gate of Levi.

32On the east side, which is 1 1/2 miles, there will be three gates: one, the gate of Joseph; one, the gate of Benjamin; and one, the gate of Dan.

33On the south side, which measures 1 1/2 miles, there will be three gates: one, the gate of Simeon; one, the gate of Issachar; and one, the gate of Zebulun.

34On the west side, which is 1 1/2 miles, there will be three gates: one, the gate of Gad; one, the gate of Asher; and one, the gate of Naphtali.

35The perimeter of the city will be six miles, # 48:35 Lit 18,000 cubits and the name of the city from that day on will be The Lord Is There.” # 48:35 Is 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; Jr 3:17; 8:19; 14:9; Ezk 35:10; Jl 3:21; Zch 2:10; Rv 21:3; 22:3

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Yechezkel 48

1From the northern frontier near the derech Chetlon, as one goeth to Chamat, to Chatzar Einan, to the northward border of Damascus, near Chamat; for these are his, from the eastern side to the western side, Dan, one portion. 2And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion. 3And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali, one portion. 4And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Menasheh, one portion. 5And by the border of Menasheh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephrayim, one portion. 6And by the border of Ephrayim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuven, one portion. 7And by the border of Reuven, from the east side unto the west side, Yehudah, one portion.

8And by the border of Yehudah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the terumah#48:8 dedicated reserve of land which ye shall offer of five and twenty elef [cubits] wide, and in length equal to one of the other portions, from the east side unto the west side; and the Bais#48:8 HaMikdash shall be within it. 9The terumah that ye shall offer unto Hashem shall be of five and twenty elef [cubits] in length, and of ten elef [cubits] in width. 10And for them, even for the kohanim, shall be this terumat hakodesh; toward the north five and twenty elef, and toward the west ten elef in width, and toward the east ten elef in width, and toward the south five and twenty elef in length; and the Mikdash Hashem shall be within thereof. 11It shall be for the kohanim hamekudash (set apart as kodesh) of the Bnei Tzadok; which have been shomer over My mishmeret, which went not astray when the Bnei Yisroel went astray, as the Levi'im went astray. 12And this terumiyyah (separated portion) for the kohanim, out of the terumat ha'aretz, kodesh kodashim, next to the border of the Levi'im. 13And over against the border of the kohanim, the Levi'im shall have five and twenty elef in length, and ten elef in width; all the length shall be five and twenty elef, and the width ten elef. 14And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor transfer the reshit ha'aretz (prime land); for it is kodesh unto Hashem.

15And the five alafim, that are left in the width over against the five and twenty elef, shall be chol (secular, unconsecrated) for the Ir, for dwelling, and for migrash (open lands); and the Ir shall be within thereof. 16And these shall be the measurement thereof; the north side four alafim and five hundred, and the south side four alafim and five hundred, and on the east side four alafim and five hundred, and the west side four alafim and five hundred. 17And the migrash (open land) of the Ir shall extend toward the north two hundred and fifty [cubits], and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. 18And the remainder of that area running lengthwise along the terumat hakodesh shall measure ten alafim [cubits] eastward, and ten alafim westward; and the increase thereof shall be for lechem unto them that serve the Ir. 19And they that serve the Ir shall serve it out of all the Shivtei Yisroel. 20All the terumah shall be foursquare, five and twenty elef by five and twenty elef; ye shall set apart as the terumat hakodesh and the property of the Ir.

21And the remainder shall be for the Nasi, on the one side and on the other of the terumat hakodesh, and of the property of the Ir, along the five and twenty elef of the terumah toward the east border, and westward along the five and twenty elef toward the west border, along the chalakim (tribal portions) for the Nasi; and it shall be the terumat hakodesh; and the Mikdash HaBayit shall be within thereof. 22Moreover from the property of the Levi'im, and from the property of the Ir, being in the midst of that which belongs to the Nasi, between the border of Yehudah and the border of Binyamin, shall be for the Nasi.

23As for the rest of the Shevatim, from the east side unto the west side, Binyamin, one portion. 24And by the border of Binyamin, from the east side unto the west side, Shim'on, one portion. 25And by the border of Shim'on, from the east side unto the west side, Yissakhar, one portion. 26And by the border of Yissakhar, from the east side unto the west side, Zevulun, one portion. 27And by the border of Zevulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one portion. 28And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Merivat-Kadesh, along the brook to the Yam HaGadol (the Great Sea, Mediterranean Sea).#48:28 i.e., Mediterranean Sea 29This is ha'aretz which ye shall allot unto the Shivtei Yisroel for nachalah, and these are their portions, saith Adonoi Hashem.

30And these are the outer limits of the Ir on the north side, four alafim and five hundred measures. 31And the she'arim of the Ir shall be after the shmot of the Shivtei Yisroel; three she'arim northward: one sha'ar of Reuven, one sha'ar of Yehudah, one sha'ar of Levi. 32And at the east side four alafim and five hundred; and three she'arim: one sha'ar of Yosef, one sha'ar of Binyamin, one sha'ar of Dan. 33And at the south side four alafim and five hundred measures; and three she'arim: one sha'ar of Shim'on, one sha'ar of Yissakhar, one sha'ar of Zevulun. 34At the west side four alafim and five hundred, with their three she'arim: one sha'ar of Gad, one sha'ar of Asher, one sha'ar of Naphtali. 35It was all around eighteen elef in circumference; and the shem of the Ir from that day shall be, Hashem Shammah (Hashem is there).#48:35 T.N. Ezek 34:24 speaks of the Davidic Nasi. Here is a Messianic Kingdom where Hashem has His Prince who is also referred to in 37:25; 44:3; 45:7,16-17,22; 46:2-18; 48:21-22. Anytime a Davidic ruler is mentioned in Scripture, that Davidic office points forward to Moshiach, even if the foreshadow only imperfectly (see Ezek 45:22) points toward the perfect fulfillment to come.

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