Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land
Ezekiel 48:1-29
Eze.48.1 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 47:15-20 (structural): Immediate continuation of Ezekiel's allotment material — repeats and expands the same tribal-border framework and place‑names that culminate in 48:1.
- Numbers 34:2-15 (thematic): Earliest covenantal description of the land's boundaries (north to south); parallels Ezekiel's delineation of borders and place‑names in a territorial allotment schema.
- Joshua 19:40-47 (thematic): Joshua's tribal allotments (including Dan) and their geographic placements parallel Ezekiel's later visionary re‑division of the land and the designation of Dan on the coast.
- Judges 18:29-30 (allusion): Narrative of the tribe of Dan seizing and settling Laish in the far north provides a historical background for identifying Dan with a northern/coastal locus as in Ezekiel 48:1.
Alternative generated candidates
- And these are the names of the tribes: from the north side, by the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath—Hazar‑Enan, the border of Damascus northward to the border of Hamath; and to the west was Dan, one portion.
- These are the names of the tribes: from the northern end, by the road to Hethlon, to Hammat, to the border of Damascus northward to Hammat; and the western border shall be the sea—Dan, one.
Eze.48.2 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- דן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מפאת: PREP
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- עד: PREP
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- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- אשר: PRON,rel
- אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
Parallels
- Joshua 19:47-48 (verbal): Describes the allotment of the tribe of Dan toward the Mediterranean coast — closely parallels the statement of Dan’s border from east to west.
- Judges 18:27-29 (thematic): Narrates the Danites’ capture of Laish and establishment of the city Dan, providing historical background for Dan’s territorial placement in the west.
- Ezekiel 47:13-14 (structural): Part of Ezekiel’s broader prescription for dividing the land among the tribes; establishes the same framework of tribal borders and allotments that 48:2 continues.
- Numbers 34:2-12 (thematic): Gives God’s instructions concerning the borders and division of the land — a legal/structural precedent for the tribal boundary descriptions found in Ezekiel 48.
- Ezekiel 48:1 (verbal): Immediate literary parallel within the same chapter listing tribal boundaries; 48:2 continues the sequence of allotments begun in 48:1.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Dan, on the west side to the outermost west—Asher, one portion.
- And on the border of Dan, from the east side to the western side—one portion.
Eze.48.3 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Joshua 19:32-39 (structural): Gives the historical allotment and towns of the tribe of Naphtali—parallel territorial description to Ezekiel’s futuristic allotment.
- Ezekiel 47:13-23 (structural): Earlier section of the same vision where Ezekiel records the division of the land among the tribes; provides the broader context for Ezek. 48:3’s tribal boundary listing.
- Joshua 21:32 (structural): Records the assignment of Levitical cities within the territory of Naphtali, presupposing the same tribal district that Ezekiel names.
- Genesis 49:21 (thematic): Jacob’s blessing of Naphtali (‘a hind let loose’) reflects the tribal identity and tradition associated with Naphtali, which Ezekiel’s list invokes by naming the tribe.
- Judges 5:18 (thematic): The Song of Deborah celebrates Naphtali’s warriors and location on the heights—echoes the tribal characterization and regional association present when Ezekiel names Naphtali’s allotment.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border, from the east side to the west side—Naphtali, one portion.
- And on its border, from the east side to the western side—Naphtali, one.
Eze.48.4 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
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Parallels
- Joshua 19:32-39 (verbal): Describes the territory and towns of Naphtali in the allotment of the land; parallels Ezek.48's listing of tribal borders and the placement of Naphtali adjacent to other allotments.
- Joshua 17:7-10 (thematic): Treats the allotment given to the tribe of Manasseh (including its two portions), thematically parallel to Ezek.48:4 where Manasseh receives its portion within the tribal distribution.
- Ezekiel 47:15-23 (structural): Earlier passage in Ezekiel that lays out the new boundaries and the method of dividing the land among the tribes; directly parallels the structural program culminating in Ezek.48's verse-by-verse tribal allocations.
- Genesis 48:13-20 (allusion): Jacob's blessing and placement of Ephraim and Manasseh underlies later tribal claims and inheritances; provides ancestral background for Manasseh's entitlement to a portion in land distributions like Ezekiel's vision.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side—Manasseh, one portion.
- And on the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the western side—Manasseh, one.
Eze.48.5 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 48:1-29 (structural): The entire chapter lays out the eschatological tribal allotments and border formulas; v.5 is part of this systematic distribution (adjacency of Manasseh and Ephraim).
- Joshua 16:8-10 (verbal): Joshua's description of Ephraim's allotment and its borders parallels the territorial language and the relationship of Ephraim to neighboring Manasseh in tribal boundary tradition.
- Joshua 17:14-18 (thematic): Narrates the dispute and division between Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh over land, reflecting longstanding concerns about their shared/contiguous territories echoed in Ezekiel's allotment scheme.
- Numbers 34:4-5 (verbal): Gives western border language ('unto the sea'/'even to the sea') comparable to Ezek.48:5's phrase 'עד־פאת־ימא' (to the border of the sea), showing continuity in biblical border-formulae.
- Genesis 48:5-20 (allusion): Jacob's adoption and blessing of Joseph's sons (Ephraim and Manasseh) provides the origin and double-tribe identity underlying later territorial allotments like Ezekiel's; Ezek.48:5 assigns a distinct portion to Ephraim within that tradition.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side—Ephraim, one portion.
- And on the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the western side—Ephraim, one.
Eze.48.6 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 47:13-23 (structural): Sets out the overall scheme and legal principles for dividing the land among the twelve tribes — the immediate literary context for Ezek 48:6, which assigns a specific tribal border.
- Ezekiel 48:20 (structural): Another verse in the same chapter that enumerates tribal boundaries and the placement of the sanctuary/prince’s portion; it parallels Ezek 48:6 as part of the chapter’s ordered allotment material.
- Numbers 34:3-5 (verbal): Uses similar directional/boundary language ('from the sea' and east–west limits) to define the land’s borders; Ezek 48:6 echoes this territorial vocabulary.
- Joshua 17:14-18 (thematic): Records Ephraim’s claim and concern about boundaries toward the sea; thematically related to the allocation described in Ezek 48:6 where the border of Ephraim to the sea determines another tribe’s portion.
- Joshua 13:8-11 (thematic): Describes the traditional allotment of Reuben (and Gad) east of the Jordan; provides a contrast to Ezekiel’s reconfigured tribal map in which Reuben’s portion is placed with reference to the border of Ephraim toward the sea.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Ephraim, from the north side to the west side—Reuben, one portion.
- And on the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the western side—Reuben, one.
Eze.48.7 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 48:1 (structural): Opening verse of the chapter that begins the systematic listing of tribal allotments around the holy district—provides the broader structural context for v.7's placement of Reuben and Judah.
- Ezekiel 48:6 (structural): A nearby verse in the same chapter that situates tribes adjacent to one another; demonstrates the same pattern of describing borders and neighboring tribes as in v.7.
- Joshua 13:15-23 (thematic): Gives the territorial allotment of the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan down to the Salt Sea—parallels Ezek.48:7's reference to Reuben's border reaching toward the sea/coast.
- Joshua 15:1-4 (thematic): Describes the boundaries of the tribe of Judah, including its extension to the western sea (the Great Sea). Connects to Ezek.48:7's statement linking Judah with the coastal boundary adjacent to Reuben.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Reuben, from the north side to the west side—Judah, one portion.
- And on the border of Reuben, from the east side to the western side—Judah, one.
Eze.48.8 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 45:1 (verbal): Same measurement of the 'holy portion' (twenty‑five thousand cubits) and provision for a distinct sacred allotment—verbal and procedural parallel to the land‑division language.
- Ezekiel 47:13-23 (structural): Continuation of the Ezekiel land‑allocation schema: describes dividing the land among the tribes with specific borders and portions, providing the broader structural context for 48:8.
- Numbers 34:1-15 (thematic): Gives the prescribed borders of the Promised Land—parallels the theme of territorial delimitation and east‑to‑west border descriptions used in Ezekiel 48.
- Joshua 15:1-12 (thematic): Joshua's allotment for the tribe of Judah outlines territorial limits and inheritance language (east to west), thematically parallel to Ezekiel's description of Judah's portion.
- Zechariah 8:3 (allusion): Speaks of the LORD dwelling 'in the midst' of Jerusalem; echoes Ezekiel's motif of the sanctuary/God's presence being in the midst of the tribal territory.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Judah, from the north side to the west side shall be the oblation which you shall lift up: twenty‑five thousand in length and ten thousand in breadth, as one of the portions from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in its midst.
- And on the border of Judah, from the east side to the western side shall be the sacred portion which you shall set apart: twenty‑five thousand in length, and its breadth like the other portions from east to west; and the sanctuary shall be in its midst.
Eze.48.9 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 45:1-2 (verbal): Gives the same prescription for the 'holy portion' set apart for the LORD—dimensions of 25,000 by 10,000 cubits, essentially the same wording and measurement.
- Ezekiel 48:8-11 (verbal): Immediate context in the same chapter that repeats and expands on the measurement and layout of the sanctuary/holy district; parallel wording and structural placement within the vision.
- Ezekiel 45:7-8 (thematic): Discusses the distribution of land among the prince, the people, and the sanctuary—themewise linked to the allocation and dimensions of sacred versus secular territory in Ezekiel's ideal layout.
- Numbers 35:2-5 (thematic): Prescribes measurement-based allotments for Levite cities and their surrounding open land; thematically parallels the use of precise measurements to define sacred/tribal land in Israel.
Alternative generated candidates
- The oblation which you shall lift up to the LORD: length twenty‑five thousand and breadth ten thousand.
- The holy portion that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty‑five thousand long and ten thousand wide.
Eze.48.10 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 45:1 (verbal): Both speak of dividing the land and offering a holy oblation/portion to the LORD as part of the territorial arrangements.
- Ezekiel 45:7–8 (structural): Gives the priestly allotment and holy portion adjacent to the sanctuary—parallels Ezek.48:10's assignment of measured strips around the sanctuary and the sanctuary being in the midst.
- Numbers 35:1–8 (thematic): Prescribes cities and suburbs set aside for the Levites (priests' service and residence), echoing the theme of special land allotted to priestly function.
- Joshua 21:1–3 (thematic): Describes the distribution of cities to the Levites from the tribal territories—parallel concept of allocating territory for cultic personnel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54–66 (thematic): Lists priestly/Levitical towns and inheritances, reflecting the institutional and territorial provisions for priests anticipated in Ezekiel 48.
Alternative generated candidates
- And for these shall be the holy oblation for the priests: northward twenty‑five thousand, westward breadth ten thousand, eastward breadth ten thousand, and southward length twenty‑five thousand; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst.
- And for them—the priests—shall be the holy portion: northward twenty‑five thousand, westward a breadth of ten thousand, eastward a breadth of ten thousand, southward twenty‑five thousand; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in it.
Eze.48.11 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 44:15 (verbal): Repeats the same description of the ‘sons of Zadok’ who kept the charge of the sanctuary when Israel went astray and therefore are permitted to minister—virtually the same wording and function.
- Exodus 28:1 (thematic): Sets up the institution of priestly service (Aaron and his sons) who are appointed to minister in the sanctuary, paralleling the role assigned to the Zadokite priests.
- Leviticus 10:8-11 (thematic): Commands concerning the priesthood’s conduct and charge over the sanctuary and instructing the people—connects to the idea of priests who ‘kept my charge’ and their special responsibilities.
- 1 Samuel 2:35 (thematic): God’s promise to raise up a faithful priest who will act according to God’s heart echoes the motif of a faithful priestly line (as the Zadokites) set apart for true ministry.
- Malachi 2:7-8 (thematic): Emphasizes the priest’s duty to preserve knowledge and walk with God; serves as a contrast to corrupt priests and highlights the valued fidelity exemplified by the sons of Zadok.
Alternative generated candidates
- To the priests, the sanctuary—sons of Zadok, who kept my charge when the people of Israel went astray, who did not go astray like the Levites.
- To the priests of the sanctuary, the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray—these shall have it.
Eze.48.12 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Numbers 18:20-24 (thematic): Establishes that the Levites receive no tribal land but are given the offerings/tithes of the people as their inheritance—paralleling Ezekiel’s statement that the land’s offerings are holy to the Levites.
- Leviticus 27:30-34 (verbal): Declares the tithe and designated portions of the land as ‘holy’ to the LORD (and thus set apart), echoing Ezekiel’s language about the land’s offerings being ‘holy’ to the Levites.
- Deuteronomy 18:1-2 (thematic): States that the priests/Levitical tribe have no territorial inheritance because their inheritance is the Lord’s offerings and sacred portions—corresponds to Ezekiel’s assignment of the land’s offerings to the Levites.
- Ezekiel 44:29-31 (structural): Within Ezekiel’s temple legislation this passage assigns priests the right to eat certain holy offerings and firstfruits, reflecting the same cultic principle—designated sacred produce allocated to priestly/Levitical service as in 48:12.
Alternative generated candidates
- And their oblation shall be from the oblation of the land: holy of holies—up to the border of the Levites.
- And their gift shall be from the holy portion of the land, a most holy part, up to the border of the Levites.
Eze.48.13 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Numbers 35:1-8 (thematic): Commands to set aside cities and surrounding pasturelands for the Levites; parallels the allocation of land specifically reserved for Levites in Ezekiel’s plan.
- Joshua 21:1-4, 21:41-42 (structural): Distribution of cities and their pasturelands to the Levites from the tribal territories; echoes the practice of assigning distinct Levitical domains described in Ezekiel 48.
- Ezekiel 48:10-14 (verbal): Immediate context within Ezekiel’s final allotment section — verses describing the priests’ portion and the Levites being placed opposite the priests’ border directly parallel and complete the same zoning scheme.
- Ezekiel 45:1-8 (thematic): Earlier Ezekiel passage laying out the sacred district and special land portions (prince, sanctuary); relates thematically to Ezekiel 48’s regulation of consecrated allotments for priests and Levites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54-81 (allusion): Lists Levitical cities and tribal allocations in the historical settlement tradition; functions as an historical counterpart to Ezekiel’s prophetic re‑allocation of Levitical holdings.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the Levites, opposite the border of the priests: twenty‑five thousand in length and ten thousand in breadth—every one twenty‑five thousand by ten thousand.
- And the Levites, opposite the border of the priests, shall have twenty‑five thousand in length and ten thousand in breadth—every length twenty‑five thousand and every breadth ten thousand.
Eze.48.14 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Leviticus 25:23 (verbal): Prohibits permanent sale of land: “the land shall not be sold for it is Mine,” echoing Ezekiel’s declaration that this portion is holy to the LORD and not to be sold or transferred.
- Leviticus 25:10 (thematic): Jubilee legislation that restores land and prevents permanent alienation—parallels Ezekiel’s concern that certain consecrated land remain with God and not pass into private hands.
- Deuteronomy 19:14 (thematic): Legal prohibition against moving a neighbor’s boundary stone; relates to the preservation of allotted/holy land and forbids illicit transfer or alteration of land rights.
- Psalm 24:1 (thematic): Affirms the theological ground of the restriction: the earth (and its portions) belong to the LORD—supporting Ezekiel’s claim that the land is holy to YHWH and not to be sold.
Alternative generated candidates
- It shall not be sold, nor alienated, nor transferred; for it is holy to the LORD.
- None of it shall be sold or exchanged or alienated; it is holy to the LORD.
Eze.48.15 - Details
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Morphology
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- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- חל: ADJ,m,sg
- הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
- לעיר: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- למושב: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ולמגרש: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- והיתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- בתוכו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
Parallels
- Ezekiel 48:17-18 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same chapter specifying allotments in terms of twenty-five thousand and the prince’s portion — same vocabulary and arrangement of city, suburb, and open land.
- Ezekiel 47:13-23 (structural): Earlier Ezekiel passage describing the division of the land by tribal portions and measured boundaries—same overall program of tribal allotment and boundary formulas.
- Numbers 35:2-5 (verbal): Prescribes that Levitical cities be given surrounding pasture/land measured out in cubits — similar concern and language about a city together with its adjacent pasture/field.
- Joshua 21:2-5 (thematic): Account of assigning cities and their surrounding lands to the Levites; thematically parallels the allocation of cities, suburbs, and pastures in Ezekiel’s land-distribution scheme.
- Numbers 34:13-15 (thematic): God’s command to divide the Promised Land among the tribes by lot and assign boundaries — thematically related to Ezekiel’s tribal allotments and boundary descriptions.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the five thousand remaining in breadth upon the face of the twenty‑five thousand shall be for the city—for habitation and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst.
- And the five thousand that remain of the breadth within the twenty‑five thousand shall be for the city—for dwelling and for pasture—and the city shall be in it.
Eze.48.16 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואלה: CONJ+DEM,pl,abs
- מדותיה: NOUN,f,pl,abs+3fs
- פאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- צפון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- וארבעת: CONJ+NUM,card,masc,pl,cs
- אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ופאת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- נגב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- וארבעת: CONJ+NUM,card,masc,pl,cs
- אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ומפאת: CONJ+PREP
- קדים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- וארבעת: CONJ+NUM,card,masc,pl,cs
- אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ופאת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- וארבעת: CONJ+NUM,card,masc,pl,cs
- אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
Parallels
- Ezekiel 48:1-7 (structural): Immediate context — continues the description of tribal allotments and the layout of the land and corners, providing the broader structural setting for v.16’s measurements.
- Ezekiel 47:13-14 (verbal): Earlier in Ezekiel’s land-restitution section God commands measuring and dividing the land by lot among the twelve tribes, echoing the theme and language of territorial divisions found in 48:16.
- Ezekiel 45:1-8 (thematic): Prescribes specific measurements and allocations for the prince’s land and the holy portion — another passage in Ezekiel that frames land distribution in measured terms and legal detail.
- Numbers 26:52-56 (thematic): Gives the principle of apportioning the Promised Land to the Israelite tribes (by inheritance/lot) after the census — an earlier precedent for tribal allotments and boundary delineation.
- Joshua 18:1-10 (thematic): Narrates the process of dividing the remaining land among the tribes (use of surveying and casting lots), reflecting the same practical and legal concerns about tribal boundaries and allotments as in Ezek 48:16.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are its measures: from the north side five hundred and four thousand, and from the south side five hundred and four thousand, and from the east side five hundred and four thousand, and from the west side five hundred and four thousand.
- Its measurements shall be: on the north side four thousand five hundred, on the south side four thousand five hundred, on the east side four thousand five hundred, and on the west side four thousand five hundred.
Eze.48.17 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
- מגרש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לעיר: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- צפונה: ADV
- חמשים: NUM,card,pl
- ומאתים: NUM,card,pl
- ונגבה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- חמשים: NUM,card,pl
- ומאתים: NUM,card,pl
- וקדימה: CONJ+ADV
- חמשים: NUM,card,pl
- ומאתים: NUM,card,pl
- וימה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- חמשים: NUM,card,pl
- ומאתים: NUM,card,pl
Parallels
- Ezekiel 48:16 (structural): Immediate context: the surrounding measured borders of the city are described in sequence—v.16–17 form a single layout, with v.17 giving the 25,000 (five and twenty thousand) measurement on each side.
- Ezekiel 45:1-2 (verbal): Gives a 25,000-cubit measurement for the prince's land allotment—uses the same 25,000 figure and concern for precise, rectilinear allocations of sacred/royal land.
- Numbers 35:5 (thematic): Prescribes measurement of suburbs around Levitical cities (the thousand-cubit suburbs)—parallels the idea of defined borders/suburbs set aside around a sacred city.
- Revelation 21:16 (structural): The New Jerusalem is carefully measured and oriented (square, precise dimensions); echoes Ezekiel’s emphasis on exact measurements and cardinal orientation for an ideal, divinely ordered city.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the open land for the city northward five hundred and twenty, and southward five hundred and twenty, and eastward five hundred and twenty, and westward five hundred and twenty.
- And the open land belonging to the city shall be two hundred fifty on the north, two hundred fifty on the south, two hundred fifty on the east, and two hundred fifty on the west.
Eze.48.18 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- והנותר: NOUN,m,sg,def
- בארך: PREP
- לעמת: PREP
- תרומת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- הקדש: NOUN,m,sg,def
- עשרת: NUM,card,ten,cons
- אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- קדימה: ADV
- ועשרת: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl,const
- אלפים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
- לעמת: PREP
- תרומת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- הקדש: NOUN,m,sg,def
- והיתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- תבואתו: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ללחם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לעבדי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,suff
- העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
Parallels
- Ezekiel 48:17 (structural): Immediate parallel in the same chapter describing the measured portions of the sacred district (ten thousand cubits on each side), providing the structural context for the allocation mentioned in v.18.
- Ezekiel 45:1-8 (thematic): Earlier Ezekiel passage that sets out the separate "holy district" and allocations for the sanctuary, prince, and city — background rules for the holy portions and their use.
- Numbers 18:20-24 (thematic): God’s ordinance that the Levites and priests receive the tithes/offerings as their inheritance and support, paralleling the idea that the holy portion’s produce is for those serving the sanctuary/city.
- Deuteronomy 18:1-2 (thematic): Law that the priests (Levites) have no land inheritance but shall eat the offerings of the Lord — mirrors Ezekiel’s provision that the holy district’s produce is for the servants of the city (priests/temple personnel).
- Leviticus 6:16-18 (verbal): Prescribes that priests may eat certain offerings (they are holy to the priest), resonating with Ezekiel’s statement that the produce of the holy portion is to be food for the city’s servants.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the remainder in length, opposite the oblation of the sanctuary, ten thousand east and ten thousand west; it shall be opposite the oblation of the sanctuary, and its produce shall be for the bread of the servants of the city.
- And the remainder in length, opposite the holy offering, shall be ten thousand to the east and ten thousand to the west; it shall be opposite the holy portion, and its produce shall be for the bread of those who serve the city.
Eze.48.19 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- והעבד: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
- העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- יעבדוהו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- מכל: PREP
- שבטי: NOUN,m,pl,con
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Joshua 21:1-3 (thematic): Levitical cities were given out of the territories of all the tribes so that the Levites could live among and serve the people—parallels the idea of servants connected with the city drawn from all tribes.
- Numbers 35:6-8 (thematic): Instruction to give cities (and pasturelands) to the Levites from the tribal allotments; thematically echoes service in and from cities located within the tribes of Israel.
- Ezekiel 44:10-16 (structural): Within Ezekiel’s temple vision this section defines who will minister in the sanctuary (Levites/priestly servants); an internal parallel about who will serve in the cultic/civic order of the restored community.
- 1 Chronicles 23:3-6 (thematic): David’s organization of the Levites into divisions for service shows an institutional pattern of personnel appointed to serve Israel and the sanctuary—related to the motif of designated servants serving the community from among Israel’s tribes.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the servants of the city shall serve it from all the tribes of Israel.
- The servants of the city shall serve it from all the tribes of Israel.
Eze.48.20 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- כל: DET
- התרומה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- חמשה: NUM,m,pl
- ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- בחמשה: PREP+NUM,m,pl
- ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- רביעית: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- תרימו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
- את: PRT,acc
- תרומת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- הקדש: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אל: NEG
- אחזת: NOUN,f,sg,construct
- העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
Parallels
- Ezekiel 45:1-8 (verbal): Same vocabulary and program: allotment measurements and provision of a 'holy oblation' (consecrated portion) for the prince/city — immediate precursor to the land-distribution scheme in ch.48.
- Ezekiel 48:8-22 (structural): Portions and boundaries for the tribes and the central holy district; ch.48.20 is part of this larger structural account of tribal allotments and the reserved holy contribution.
- Numbers 18:20-24 (thematic): Legal background for sacred portions: priests/Levites receive offerings and consecrated gifts instead of a territorial inheritance — parallels the idea of a consecrated contribution reserved for the holy domain.
- Deuteronomy 18:1-2 (thematic): States that priests/Levites shall have no inheritance among the people because the Lord is their inheritance, providing a theological rationale for designated sacred portions and support.
- Joshua 13–21 (esp. Joshua 18:1-10) (structural): Narrative and legal precedent for dividing the land among the tribes by measured portions and allotments — Ezekiel's vision echoes and recasts this tradition in a restored-Temple framework.
Alternative generated candidates
- All the oblation twenty‑five thousand by twenty‑five thousand; one fourth you shall lift up of the holy oblation for the possession of the city.
- All the holy portion—twenty‑five thousand by twenty‑five thousand—this you shall set apart as the holy offering for the possession of the city.
Eze.48.21 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- והנותר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
- לנשיא: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מזה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ומזה: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לתרומת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cs
- הקדש: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ולאחזת: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cs
- העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- אל: NEG
- פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- חמשה: NUM,m,pl
- ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- תרומה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- עד: PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- קדימה: ADV
- וימה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- על: PREP
- פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- חמשה: NUM,m,pl
- ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אלף: NUM,m,sg
- על: PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- לעמת: PREP
- חלקים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- לנשיא: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- והיתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
- תרומת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- הקדש: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ומקדש: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הבית: NOUN,m,sg,def
- בתוכו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
Parallels
- Ezekiel 45:7-8 (verbal): Gives the prince a measured allotment adjacent to the holy portion and describes the 'holy contribution'—language and arrangement parallel to 48:21's grant of 25,000 cubits and the sanctuary within the prince's area.
- Ezekiel 46:16-18 (verbal): Treats the prince's entitlement and the disposition of land or gifts to his sons; echoes the theme of a defined princely holding contiguous to cultic space found in 48:21.
- Ezekiel 47:13-21 (structural): Sets out the borders and the division of the land among the tribes by lot—the broader framework of territorial allotment and boundary specification that culminates in the detailed divisions of ch. 48.
- Joshua 18:1-10 (thematic): Describes the process of surveying and dividing the land by lot for tribal inheritances; parallels the ancient Israelite practice of allocating territory that underlies Ezekiel's visionary repartitioning (including princely and holy portions).
Alternative generated candidates
- And the remainder shall be for the prince—this and that—for the oblation of the sanctuary and for the possession of the city up to the face of twenty‑five thousand: an oblation to the border eastward and westward, to the face of twenty‑five thousand on the west, opposite the portions for the prince; and the oblation of the sanctuary and the temple shall be in its midst.
- And the remainder from this and from that shall be for the prince—for the holy offering and for the possession of the city. Before it shall be twenty‑five thousand on the east and twenty‑five thousand on the west; an allotment to the border on the west, opposite the prince’s portions. And the holy offering and the temple of the house shall be in its midst.
Eze.48.22 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ומאחזת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,cons
- הלוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- ומאחזת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,cons
- העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- בתוך: PREP
- אשר: PRON,rel
- לנשיא: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- בין: PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- ובין: CONJ+PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- בנימן: NOUN,m,sg,proper
- לנשיא: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
Parallels
- Numbers 35:1-2 (thematic): Commands that cities and pasturelands be given to the Levites within the tribal possessions—background law for assigning Levitical towns inside other tribes' territories.
- Joshua 21:4-6 (verbal): Records allocation of Levitical cities out of the possession of Judah and Benjamin (among others), echoing the placement of Levite towns within those tribal borders.
- Ezekiel 45:7-8 (verbal): Within the same prophetic program, specifies the prince’s portion and explicitly says the land between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince—closely parallels Ezek.48:22 language.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54-60 (thematic): Lists Levitical towns given in the territories of Judah and Benjamin (and others), providing historical precedent for Levites dwelling within those tribal allotments.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city within that which is the prince’s shall be between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin; to the prince it shall belong.
- And the Levites’ holdings and the city’s holdings, within which the prince shall be, shall be between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin; they shall be for the prince.
Eze.48.23 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויתר: CONJ+ADJ,m,sg,abs
- השבטים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- מפאת: PREP
- קדימה: ADV
- עד: PREP
- פאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- בנימן: NOUN,m,sg,proper
- אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
Parallels
- Numbers 2:18-24 (structural): Numbers arranges the twelve tribes in encampments around the tabernacle and places Benjamin with the western host (with Ephraim and Manasseh), paralleling Ezekiel’s orderly placement of Benjamin in relation to the sanctuary.
- Joshua 18:11-28 (structural): Joshua records the allotment, boundaries, and cities of Benjamin’s territory—an earlier account of Benjamin’s spatial assignment that parallels Ezekiel’s visionary distribution of the tribes.
- Ezekiel 48:1-2 (structural): Immediate internal parallel: the opening verses of Ezekiel’s tribal list begin the same systematic placement of tribes around the holy district, of which v.23 (Benjamin’s position) is a part.
- Ezekiel 48:29 (structural): The concluding verse of the chapter summarizes the twelve-tribe arrangement; it ties together the individual placements (including Benjamin in v.23) as the ordered restoration of Israel’s tribal map.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the remainder of the tribes, from the east side to the west side—Benjamin, one portion.
- And the remainder of the tribes, from the east side to the west side—Benjamin, one.
Eze.48.24 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- בנימן: NOUN,m,sg,proper
- מפאת: PREP
- קדימה: ADV
- עד: PREP
- פאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- שמעון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
Parallels
- Joshua 18:11-28 (structural): Joshua 18 gives the detailed allotment and boundaries of the tribe of Benjamin in the conquest settlement — a direct antecedent to Ezekiel’s restored-territory assignment for Benjamin and its border description.
- Numbers 34:21 (thematic): Numbers 34 lists the allotment of the land among the tribes and explicitly assigns a portion to Benjamin; parallels the theme of assigning a single territorial portion to each tribe.
- Ezekiel 47:13-14 (verbal): Ezekiel 47 lays out the Lord’s instructions for dividing the land among the twelve tribes (measuring borders and allotments), providing the formal program that Ezekiel 48 enacts when assigning Benjamin its portion.
- Ezekiel 48:1 (structural): Ezekiel 48:1 begins the systematic listing of tribal portions and borders in the same chapter; verse 24 repeats the chapter’s characteristic formula (border/between east and west — one portion) applied here to Benjamin.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side—Simeon, one portion.
- And on the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side—Simeon, one.
Eze.48.25 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- שמעון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מפאת: PREP
- קדימה: ADV
- עד: PREP
- פאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- יששכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
Parallels
- Joshua 19:1-9 (verbal): The allotment of the tribe of Simeon is described here (cities and territory, largely within Judah’s borders), paralleling Ezekiel’s concern with the location and limits of Simeon’s inheritance.
- 1 Chronicles 4:28-33 (thematic): Lists towns and settlements of the tribe of Simeon and their territorial situation—an independent tradition about Simeon’s local holdings that parallels Ezekiel’s territorial assignment.
- Genesis 49:5-7 (allusion): Jacob’s pronouncement that Simeon (and Levi) will be scattered in Israel provides a thematic background for later notices about Simeon’s confinement within Judah and its territorial fate reflected in allotment passages like Ezekiel 48:25.
- Ezekiel 48:24 (structural): An immediate internal parallel within the same chapter: verse 24 introduces the list of tribal borders and allocations to which verse 48:25 (Simeon’s border) belongs, showing the same visionary program of territorial division.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side—Issachar, one portion.
- And on the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side—Issachar, one.
Eze.48.26 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- יששכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מפאת: PREP
- קדימה: ADV
- עד: PREP
- פאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- זבולן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
Parallels
- Ezekiel 48:23-29 (structural): The surrounding verses in Ezekiel 48 enumerate the allotments and borders of the twelve tribes in the restored land—this passage is part of that contiguous listing of tribal borders including Issachar and Zebulun.
- Ezekiel 47:13-14 (thematic): Earlier in Ezekiel the LORD commands that the land be measured and divided by lot for the twelve tribes—provides the theological basis for the tribal border list found in 48:26.
- Joshua 19:10-16 (thematic): Joshua’s account of the allotment of the tribe of Issachar gives the historical/topographical tradition for Issachar’s territory, paralleling Ezekiel’s assignment of Issachar’s border.
- Joshua 19:17-23 (thematic): Joshua’s description of the allotment of Zebulun parallels Ezekiel’s placement of Zebulun adjacent to Issachar and reflects the tradition of tribal neighboring territories.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side—Zebulun, one portion.
- And on the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side—Zebulun, one.
Eze.48.27 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- זבולן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מפאת: PREP
- קדמה: ADV
- עד: PREP
- פאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ימה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- גד: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
Parallels
- Joshua 19:10-16 (verbal): Gives the territorial boundaries and towns of the tribe of Zebulun, paralleling Ezekiel's mention of Zebulun's border in the allotment scheme.
- Joshua 13:24-28 (verbal): Describes the land allotted to the tribe of Gad (east of the Jordan), corresponding to Ezekiel's assignment of a portion for Gad.
- Numbers 32:1-5, 32:33 (thematic): Records the request and eventual settlement/allotment of Gad (and other tribes) on the Transjordan, thematically related to Ezekiel's placement of Gad's portion.
- Ezekiel 47:13-23 (structural): Immediately precedes Ezekiel 48 and sets out the overall method and order for dividing the land among the tribes—Ezekiel 48.27 follows this same allotment schema.
- Genesis 49:13-15 (allusion): Jacob's blessing of Zebulun (and mention of Zebulun's role) serves as an earlier tribal tradition that underlies later territorial descriptions such as Ezekiel's allotment.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side—Gad, one portion.
- And on the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side—Gad, one.
Eze.48.28 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועל: CONJ+PREP
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- גד: NOUN,prop,m,sg
- אל: NEG
- פאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- נגב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- תימנה: ADV
- והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
- גבול: NOUN,m,sg,cs
- מתמר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מי: PRON,interr,sg
- מריבת: NOUN,f,sg,constr
- קדש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- נחלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- על: PREP
- הים: NOUN,m,sg,abs,def
- הגדול: ADJ,m,sg,def
Parallels
- Numbers 34:11 (verbal): Lists the southern boundary using the same place-names—'from Tamar to the waters of Meribath‑Kadesh, to the brook that goeth down to the great sea'—closely matching Ezekiel's wording and route.
- Joshua 15:2-4 (structural): Gives the southern border of the land (Judah's allotment) and mentions Tamar and the waters toward Meribah/Kadesh, paralleling Ezekiel's use of these landmarks in defining territorial limits.
- Joshua 13:24-28 (thematic): Describes the allotment of the trans‑Jordanian tribes (including Gad) and the delineation of tribal borders, analogous to Ezekiel's reallocation and border descriptions for the tribes.
- Numbers 20:1-13 (allusion): Narrates the events at Kadesh/Meribah (the water incident), connecting the place-name 'Meribath‑Kadesh' in Ezekiel to its well‑known tradition and geographical identity in Israel's history.
Alternative generated candidates
- And on the border of Gad to the outermost of the south was Tamar; and the boundary reached to the waters of Meribath‑Kadesh; and its inheritance extended to the Great Sea.
- And on the border of Gad, at the south side, Tamar shall mark the limit; and the boundary shall reach to the waters of the Great Sea—this shall be the pasture by the way of the border of the sea.
Eze.48.29 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- זאת: DEM,f,sg
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- תפילו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
- מנחלה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- לשבטי: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואלה: CONJ+DEM,pl,abs
- מחלקותם: NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
- נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Numbers 26:52-56 (verbal): Explicit command to apportion the land by lot among the tribes—language and procedure parallel Ezekiel’s declaration about allotting the land.
- Numbers 34:13 (thematic): Instruction to give the land to the Israelites as an inheritance; parallels the theme of tribal inheritance and territorial allotment.
- Joshua 18:10 (verbal): Narrative report that Joshua cast lots for the remaining seven tribes at Shiloh—directly parallels the practice of distributing territory by lot.
- Ezekiel 47:13-23 (structural): Earlier section of Ezekiel’s prophecy that sets out the boundaries and the model for dividing the land among the twelve tribes—closely related structural material within the same prophetic vision.
- Joshua 14:1-4 (thematic): Summarizes the process of dividing the land by lot among the tribes after conquest; echoes the theme of tribal portions and allotment found in Ezekiel 48:29.
Alternative generated candidates
- This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel; these are their portions, declares the Lord GOD.
- This is the land that you shall divide as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel; these are their portions, says the Lord GOD.
Now these are the names of the tribes, from the north end to the east side: from the north end, by the way of Hethlon, to Hazar‑enon, the border of Damascus northward to the border of Hamat, to the entrance of Hamat — and to its northern edge the sea: Dan, one. And on the border of Dan, from the north side to the west side: Asher, one. And on the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one. And on the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one. And on the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one. And on the border of Ephraim, from the north side to the west side: Reuben, one. And on the border of Reuben, from the north side to the west side: Judah, one. And on the border of Judah, from the north side to the west side, shall be the holy allotment that you shall set apart: twenty‑five thousand in length and ten thousand in width, like the other portions from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in its midst.
The holy portion that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty‑five thousand in length and ten thousand in width. And for these shall be the holy contribution for the priests: northward twenty‑five thousand; westward the width ten thousand; eastward the width ten thousand; southward the length twenty‑five thousand; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst.
For the priests, the sanctuary — the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray. And their dues shall be from the holy contribution of the land, a most holy portion up to the border of the Levites. And the Levites, opposite the border of the priests, shall have twenty‑five thousand in length and ten thousand in width; in all the length twenty‑five thousand and the width ten thousand.
They shall not sell it nor exchange it; they shall not transfer the possession of the land, for it is holy to the LORD. And the remaining five thousand of the width out of the twenty‑five thousand shall be for the city — for dwelling and for plots — and the city shall be in its midst.
These are its measures: the north side five hundred and four thousand, the south side five hundred and four thousand, the east side five hundred and four thousand, the west side five hundred and four thousand. And there shall be an open area for the city: north two hundred and fifty, south two hundred and fifty, east two hundred and fifty, west two hundred and fifty. And the remainder of the length, opposite the holy contribution, shall be ten thousand to the east and ten thousand to the west; it shall be opposite the holy contribution, and its produce shall be for bread for the servants of the city.
The servants of the city shall till it; they shall serve it from all the tribes of Israel.
All the holy contribution shall be twenty‑five thousand by twenty‑five thousand; you shall set the holy contribution apart as the possession of the city. And as for what remains, to the prince there shall be for the holy contribution and for the possession of the city a frontage of twenty‑five thousand; the contribution shall reach to the border eastward and westward over twenty‑five thousand on the west border, opposite the portions for the prince; and the holy contribution and the temple of the house shall be in its midst. And the dwelling of the Levites and the dwelling of the city, which are within what belongs to the prince, shall be between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin; it shall belong to the prince. And the remaining tribes, from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one. And on the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side: Simeon, one. And on the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side: Issachar, one. And on the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side: Zebulun, one. And on the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side: Gad, one. And on the border of Gad, toward the side of the south shall be Tamar, and the boundary shall reach to the waters of Meribah‑Kadesh; its inheritance shall be by the Great Sea.
This is the land that you shall apportion for an inheritance to the tribes of Israel; these are their portions, declares the Lord GOD.