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Ezekiel

Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land

48
Chapter 48
1 And these are the names of the tribes from the end northwards to the hand of the way of Hatzlon to enter Hamath, Chatzar Einan, boundary of Damascus northwards to the hand of Hamath, and they will be to him the side eastwards the sea Dan one. 2 And on the border of Dan, from the east side to the side of the Sea, which is one. 3 And on the border from the east side to the side of the Sea, Naphtali one. 4 And on the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the side of the Sea of Manasseh one. 5 And on the boundary of Manasseh, from the east side to the side of the Sea, Ephraim one. 6 And on the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the side of the Sea, Reuben one. 7 And on the border of Reuben, from the east side to the side of the Sea, Judah one. 8 And upon the border of Judah, from the east side to the sea side, there shall be the offering which you shall lift up: twenty-five thousand wide and long as one of the portions, from the east side to the sea side. And the sanctuary shall be in its midst. 9 The contribution that you shall offer to the LORD: length twenty-five thousand and width ten thousand. 10 And for these will be the heave offering of the holy place for the priests: northwards twenty-five thousand and seawards wide ten thousands, and eastwards wide ten thousands, and southwards length twenty-five thousand; and the Sanctuary of the LORD will be in its midst. 11 For the priests of the sanctuary, from the sons of Zadok, who kept my observances, who did not stray in the straying of the sons of Israel as the Levites strayed. 12 And it will be to them as their heave offering from the heave offering of the land, a holy of holies, to the border of the Levites. 13 And the Levites alongside the border of the priests: twenty-five thousand in length and ten thousand in width. The whole: twenty-five thousand in length and ten thousand in width. 14 And they shall not sell it, nor rebel against it, nor transfer the firstfruits of the land, for it is holy to the LORD. 15 And the remaining five thousand in width, on the face of twenty-five thousand, shall be for the city for dwelling and for pastureland, and the city shall be in its midst. 16 And these are its measurements: the north side five hundred and four thousand, the south side five hundred and four thousand, the east side five hundred and four thousand, and the west side five hundred and four thousand. 17 And there shall be pastureland for the city: northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty, and eastward two hundred and fifty, and seaward two hundred and fifty. 18 And the remnant in the length alongside the contribution of the holy place—ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward—will be alongside the contribution of the holy place, and its produce will be for bread for the servants of the city. 19 And the servants of the city—they will serve it—from all the tribes of Israel. 20 All the offering—twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand—you shall offer the holy portion as a fourth part of the possession of the city. 21 And the remainder for the prince will be on this side and on that side of the holy contribution and the possession of the city, facing twenty-five thousand—the contribution to the eastern boundary and westward; facing twenty-five thousand on the western boundary alongside the portions for the prince. And the holy contribution and the sanctuary of the house will be in its midst. 22 And the holding of the Levites and the holding of the city—in the midst of that which will be to the prince, between the boundary of Judah and the boundary of Benjamin—will be to the prince. 23 And the remainder of the tribes from the eastern side as far as the western side: Benjamin one. 24 And on the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the sea side, Simeon one. 25 And on the border of Simeon, from the east side to the side of the Sea, Issachar one. 26 And on the border of Issachar, from the east side to the side of the sea, Zebulun one. 27 And on the boundary of Zebulun, from the side of the east to the side of the sea, Gad one. 28 And on the border of Gad, on the south side southward, and the border will be from Tamar, to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Great Sea for inheritance. 29 This is the land which you shall cast for an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD.