Ezekiel 48

The northern allotments

1“These are the tribes’ names. At the northern end, along the road to Hethlon, Lebo-hamath, and Hazar-enan on Damascus’s northern border beside Hamath, Dan will have one portion, extending from east to west. 2Along Dan’s boundary, from east to west: Asher, one portion. 3Along Asher’s boundary, from east to west: Naphtali, one portion. 4Along Naphtali’s boundary, from east to west: Manasseh, one portion. 5Along Manasseh’s boundary, from east to west: Ephraim, one portion. 6Along Ephraim’s boundary, from east to west: Reuben, one portion. 7Along Reuben’s boundary, from east to west: Judah, one portion.

The contribution and the city

8“Along Judah’s boundary, from east to west, will be the contribution you set apart: twenty-five thousand wide, as long as one tribal portion from east to west. The sanctuary will be within it. 9The contribution you set apart for the LORD will be twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide. 10This holy contribution will belong to the priests: twenty-five thousand on the north, ten thousand wide on the west, ten thousand wide on the east, and twenty-five thousand long on the south. The LORD’s sanctuary will be within it. 11It is for the consecrated priests descended from Zadok, who kept my charge and did not stray when the Israelites strayed as the Levites did. 12It will be their special contribution from the land’s contribution, a most holy portion beside the Levites’ boundary. 13“Alongside the priests’ territory, the Levites will have twenty-five thousand in length and ten thousand in width. Its full length will be twenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand. 14They must not sell or exchange any of it, nor transfer this choice land to others, because it is holy to the LORD. 15“The remaining strip, five thousand wide and twenty-five thousand long, will be common land for the city, for houses and open land. The city will stand in its center. 16These are the city’s dimensions: four thousand five hundred on the north, four thousand five hundred on the south, four thousand five hundred on the east, and four thousand five hundred on the west. 17The city’s open land will extend two hundred fifty to the north, two hundred fifty to the south, two hundred fifty to the east, and two hundred fifty to the west. 18The remaining length beside the holy contribution will be ten thousand to the east and ten thousand to the west, alongside the holy contribution. Its produce will provide food for the city’s workers. 19The city’s workers from all Israel’s tribes will cultivate it. 20The entire contribution will be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand. Set apart this square as the holy contribution together with the city’s possession.

The prince’s land

21“What remains on either side of the holy contribution and the city’s possession belongs to the prince. From the contribution’s twenty-five-thousand length to the eastern boundary, and westward from its twenty-five-thousand length to the western boundary, alongside the tribal portions, it belongs to the prince. The holy contribution and the temple sanctuary will be within it. 22The Levites’ possession and the city’s possession will lie within the prince’s land. The land between Judah’s boundary and Benjamin’s boundary will belong to the prince.

The southern allotments

23“For the remaining tribes, from east to west: Benjamin, one portion. 24Along Benjamin’s boundary, from east to west: Simeon, one portion. 25Along Simeon’s boundary, from east to west: Issachar, one portion. 26Along Issachar’s boundary, from east to west: Zebulun, one portion. 27Along Zebulun’s boundary, from east to west: Gad, one portion. 28Along Gad’s boundary on the south, the border runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Wadi to the Great Sea. 29This is the land you must allot as an inheritance to Israel’s tribes, and these are their portions, declares the Lord GOD.

The city’s gates and name

30“These are the city’s exits. The north side measures four thousand five hundred. 31The city’s gates will bear the names of Israel’s tribes. Three gates will face north: one for Reuben, one for Judah, and one for Levi. 32The east side measures four thousand five hundred, with three gates: one for Joseph, one for Benjamin, and one for Dan. 33The south side measures four thousand five hundred, with three gates: one for Simeon, one for Issachar, and one for Zebulun. 34The west side measures four thousand five hundred, with three gates: one for Gad, one for Asher, and one for Naphtali. 35The distance all around is eighteen thousand. From that day the city’s name will be ‘The LORD Is There.’”