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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ezekiel 48</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/48.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//ezekiel/48-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/">Ezekiel</a> > Ezekiel 48</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/47.htm" title="Ezekiel 47">◄</a> Ezekiel 48 <a href="../daniel/1.htm" title="Daniel 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/48.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/48.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/ezekiel/48.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/48.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/48.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/48.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/48.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Portions for the Tribes<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Now these are the names of the tribes: <p class="list1stline"> At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side. <A name="3"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west. <A name="4"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west. <A name="5"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west. <A name="6"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west. <A name="7"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west. <A name="8"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Portions for the Priests and Levites<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> adjacent to the territory of the Levites. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">The Common Portion<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The remaining area, 5,000 cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> on the north side, 4,500 cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property. <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">The Portion for the Prince<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin. <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">The Portions for the Remaining Tribes<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>As for the rest of the tribes: <p class="list1stline"> Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side. <A name="25"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west. <A name="26"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west. <A name="27"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west. <A name="28"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west. <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> and out to the Great Sea.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD. <A name="31"></a><p class="hdg">The City Gates and Dimensions<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“These will be the exits of the city: <p class="list1stline"> Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi. <A name="33"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan. <A name="34"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun. <A name="35"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/48-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> and from that day on the name of the city will be: <p class="inscrip"> THE LORD IS THERE.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>25,000 (long) cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 8.3 miles or 13.3 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, and 21.<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>10,000 (long) cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 3.3 miles or 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13, and 18.<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>a Most Holy Place</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>5,000 (long) cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 1.7 miles or 2.7 kilometers.<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>4,500 (long) cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 1.5 miles or 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33, and 34.<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <i>250 (long) cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 437.5 feet or 133.4 meters.<br><span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Hebrew does not include <i>of Egypt</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> That is, the Mediterranean Sea<br><span class="fnverse">35</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <i>18,000 (long) cubits</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 6 miles or 9.6 kilometers.<br><span class="fnverse">35</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Hebrew <i>YHWH Shammah</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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