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    Ezekiel 48

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    After the land has been measured into an astonishingly orderly quilt of portions, the city receives twelve gates—and then, rather grandly, a four-word name: THE LORD IS THERE.

    The land is laid out in bandsvv. 1–14

    Dan begins at the northern frontier, with each tribe thereafter taking its long east-to-west strip: Asher beside Dan, Naphtali beside Asher, Manasseh beside Naphtali, Ephraim beside Manasseh, Reuben beside Ephraim, and Judah beside Reuben. Against Judah lies the set-apart portion, with the sanctuary in its centre. The priests receive the holy middle, while the Levites receive the adjoining tract, and neither is to sell or exchange its land—a sensible precaution when the measurements are already doing nearly all the talking.

    A city in the middle, and a prince on either sidevv. 15–29

    The ordinary land sits within the holy arrangement for houses, pasture, and the city itself. Its surrounding fields produce food for the city workers, who come from all the tribes of Israel. The whole holy-and-city portion is square, while the remaining land east and west belongs to the prince, placing the city property and the Levitical property between Judah and Benjamin. Southward, Gad's border runs from Tamar to Meribath-kadesh, along the Brook of Egypt, and out to the Great Sea; the allotment is then declared an inheritance for the tribes of Israel.

    The wall changes the roll callvv. 30–35

    The city's four sides are each 4,500 cubits long, and each side has three gates. On the north are Reuben, Judah, and Levi; on the east, Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan; on the south, Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun; on the west, Gad, Asher, and Naphtali. The land had spoken in terms of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of priestly property for the Levites; the wall, with a delightful disregard for the filing system, brings Joseph and Levi to the front gate. Then the perimeter is counted, and the city is given its name.

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    1. Ezek 48:1“Now these are the names of the tribes: 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.

    2. Ezek 48:2Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.

    3. Ezek 48:3Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.

    4. Ezek 48:4Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.

    5. Ezek 48:5Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.

    6. Ezek 48:6Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.

    7. Ezek 48:7Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.

    8. Ezek 48:8Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.

    9. Ezek 48:9The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.

    10. Ezek 48:10This 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.

    11. Ezek 48:11It 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.

    12. Ezek 48:12It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

    13. Ezek 48:13Bordering 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.

    14. Ezek 48:14They 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.

    15. Ezek 48:15The remaining area, 5,000 cubits 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

    16. Ezek 48:16and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits 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.

    17. Ezek 48:17The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.

    18. Ezek 48:18The 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.

    19. Ezek 48:19The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.

    20. Ezek 48:20The 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.

    21. Ezek 48:21The 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.

    22. Ezek 48:22So 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.

    23. Ezek 48:23As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.

    24. Ezek 48:24Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.

    25. Ezek 48:25Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.

    26. Ezek 48:26Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.

    27. Ezek 48:27And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

    28. Ezek 48:28The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

    29. Ezek 48:29This 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.

    30. Ezek 48:30“These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long,

    31. Ezek 48:31the 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.

    32. Ezek 48:32On 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.

    33. Ezek 48:33On 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.

    34. Ezek 48:34And 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.

    35. Ezek 48:35The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”

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    • 35Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
    • 35Zechariah 2:10“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
    • 35Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
    • 35Revelation 22:3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
    • 35Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
    • 35Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
    • 14Leviticus 27:28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
    • 10Ezekiel 45:4It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
    • 11Ezekiel 40:46and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
    • 35Ezekiel 35:10Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
    • 35Joel 3:21For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
    • 1Ezekiel 47:15–17This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad,
    • 2Joshua 19:24–31The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:
    • 3Joshua 19:32–39The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:
    • 4Joshua 17:1–11Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
    • 5Joshua 17:8–10The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.

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