Ezekiel 48

1 Now these are the names of the tribes, —At the northern extremity, beside the Hethlon road—as one entereth Hamath, Hazar-enan the boundary of Damascus northwards by the side of Hamath, and so they shall be his as east side and west-Dan, one.

Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part.

2 And, on the boundary of Dan from the east side unto the west side, —Asher one

And on the limit of Dan, from the east side to the west side: Asher, one part.

3 And, on the boundary of Asher from the east side even unto the west side, - Naphtali one.

And on the limit of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one part.

4 And, on the boundary of Naphtali from the east side unto the west side, — Manasseh one.

And on the limit of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one part.

5 And, on the boundary of Manasseh from the east side unto the west side, — Ephraim, one.

And on the limit of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one part.

6 And, on the boundary of Ephraim from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben one.

And on the limit of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one part.

7 And, on the boundary of Reuben from the east side unto the west side, — Judah one.

And on the limit of Reuben, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one part.

8 And, on the boundary of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the heave-offering which ye shall offer up, five and twenty thousand in breadth and, in length, like one of the portions from the east side unto the west side, so shall the sanctuary be in the midst thereof.

And on the limit of Judah, from the east side to the west side, will be the offering which you are to make, twenty-five thousand wide, and as long as one of the parts, from the east side to the west side: and the holy place will be in the middle of it.

9 the heave-offering which ye shall offer up to Yahweh shall be in length, five and twenty thousand, and in breadth, twenty thousand.

The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide.

10 And pertaining to these, shall he the holy offering, even for the priests, northwards, five and twenty thousand, and westward, a breadth of ten thousand, and eastward, a breadth of ten thousand and southward, a length of five and twenty thousand, —so shall the sanctuary of Yahweh be in the midst thereof: —

And for these, that is the priests, the holy offering is to be twenty-five thousand long to the north, ten thousand wide to the west, ten thousand wide to the east and twenty-five thousand long to the south; and the holy place of the Lord will be in the middle of it.

11 for the priests that are hallowed—the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, —who went not astray when the sons of Israel went astray, as, the Levites, went astray.

For the priests who have been made holy, those of the sons of Zadok who kept the orders I gave them, who did not go out of the right way when the children of Israel went from the way, as the Levites did,

12 So then they shall have an offering out of the offering of the land a holy of holies, —toward the boundary of the Levites;

Even for them will be the offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, on the limit of the land given to the Levites.

13 the Levites boundary answering to the boundary of the priests, five and twenty thousand in length and in breadth, ten thousand, —all the length five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand.

And the Levites are to have a part of the land equal to the limit of the priests', twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide, all of it together to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty thousand wide.

14 And they shall not sell thereof, nor shall one exchange or alienate the first-fruits of the land, —for it is holy unto Yahweh.

And they are not to let any of it go for a price, or give it in exchange; and the part of the land given to the Lord is not to go into other hands: for it is holy to the Lord.

15 And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, facing the five and twenty thousand, common shall it be to the city, for dwelling and for open space, —and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

And the other five thousand, measured from side to side, in front of the twenty-five thousand, is to be for common use, for the town, for living in and for a free space: and the town will be in the middle of it.

16 These moreover shall be the measures thereof the north side, four thousand and five hundred, and the south side, four thousand and five hundred, —and the east side, four thousand and five hundred, and the west side, four thousand and five hundred.

And these will be its measures: the north side, four thousand five hundred, and the south side, four thousand five hundred, and on the east side, four thousand five hundred, and on the west side, four thousand five hundred.

17 And the open space of the city shall be, northward, two hundred and fifty, and southward, two hundred and fifty, —and eastward, two hundred and fifty, and westward, two hundred and fifty,

And the town will have a free space on the north of two hundred and fifty, on the south of two hundred and fifty, on the east of two hundred and fifty, and on the west of two hundred and fifty.

18 And the residue in length answering to the offering of the holy portion, shall be ten thousand on the east and ten thousand on the west, so shall it answer to the offering of the holy portion, - and the increase thereof shall be for food, for them who serve the city.

And the rest, in measure as long as the holy offering, will be ten thousand to the east and ten thousand to the west: and its produce will be for food for the workers of the town.

19 And they who serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

It will be farmed by workers of the town from all the tribes of Israel.

20 All the offering shall be five and twenty thousand, by five and twenty thousand, —foursquare, shall ye offer up the offering of the holy portion, towards the possession of the city.

The size of the offering all together is to be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you are to make the holy offering a square, together with the property of the town.

21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on this side and on that side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, facing the five and twenty thousand of the offering, as far as the east boundary, and westward, facing the five and twenty thousand by the west boundary, answering to the portions for the prince, - thus shall it be the holy offering, with the sanctuary of the house in the midst thereof.

And the rest is to be for the prince, on this side and on that side of the holy offering and of the property of the town, in front of the twenty-five thousand to the east, as far as the east limit, and to the west, in front of the twenty-five thousand, as far as the west limit, and of the same measure as those parts; it will be the property of the prince: and the holy offering and holy place of the house will be in the middle of it.

22 And out of the possession of the Levites and out of the possession of the city, in the midst of that which is for the prince, shall it be: between the boundary of Judah, and the boundary of Benjamin, for the prince shall it be.

And the property of the Levites and the property of the town will be in the middle of the prince's property; between the limit of Judah's part and the limit of Benjamin's part will be for the prince.

23 And the residue of the tribes, —from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin one.

And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one part.

24 And on the boundary of Benjamin from the east side unto the west side, Simeon one.

And on the limit of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side: Simeon, one part.

25 And on the boundary of Simeon from the east side unto the west side, Issachar one.

And on the limit of Simeon, from the east side to the west side: Issachar, one part.

26 And on the boundary of Issachar. from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun, one.

And on the limit of Issachar, from the east side to the west side: Zebulun, one part.

27 And on the boundary of Zebulun from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one.

And on the limit of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side: Gad one part.

28 And on the boundary of Gad, by the south side southward, - so shall there be a boundary from Tamar [unto] the waters of Meribath-kadish, towards the torrent-bed, as far as the great sea.

And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea.

29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot for inheritance to the tribes of Israel, —and these shall be their portions, Declareth My Lord Yahweh,

This is the land of which distribution is to be made by the decision of the Lord, among the tribes of Israel for their heritage, and these are their heritages, says the Lord.

30 And these are the exits of the city, —on the north side, four thousand five hundred measures,

And these are the outskirts of the town: on the north side, four thousand five hundred by measure;

31 And the gates of the city, shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates, northward, -the gate of Reuben, one the gate of Judah, one the gate of Levi one;

And the doors of the town are to be named by the names of the tribes of Israel; three doors on the north, one for Reuben, one for Judah, one for Levi;

32 and on the east side, four thousand and five hundred, with three gates, — even the gate of Joseph, one the gate of Benjamin, one the gate of Dan, one;

And at the east side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Joseph, one for Benjamin, one for Dan;

33 and on the south side, four thousand and five hundred in measure, with three gates, — the gate of Simeon, one the gate of Issachar, one the gate of Zebulun, one;

And at the south side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Simeon, one for Issachar, one for Zebulun;

34 on the west side, four thousand and five hundred, their gates three, —the gate of Gad, one the gate of Asher, one, the gate of Naphtali one.

At the west side, four thousand five hundred by measure, with their three doors, one for Gad, one for Asher, one for Naphtali.

35 Round about, eighteen thousand. And the name of the city, from the day of Yahweh shall [continue to] be the name thereof.

It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.