Ezekiel 48 : 1 (NCV)
"These are the areas of the tribes named here: Dan will have one share at the northern border. It will go from the sea through Hethlon to Lebo Hamath, all the way to Hazar Enan, where Damascus lies to the north. It will stop there next to Hamath. This will be Dan's northern border from the east side to the Mediterranean Sea on the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 2 (NCV)
"South of Dan's border, Asher will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 3 (NCV)
"South of Asher's border, Naphtali will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 4 (NCV)
"South of Naphtali's border, Manasseh will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 5 (NCV)
"South of Manasseh's border, Ephraim will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 6 (NCV)
"South of Ephraim's border, Reuben will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 7 (NCV)
"South of Reuben's border, Judah will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 8 (NCV)
"South of Judah's border will be the holy area which you are to give. It will be about seven miles wide and as long and wide as one of the tribes' shares. It will run from the east side to the west side. The Temple will be in the middle of this area.
Ezekiel 48 : 9 (NCV)
"The share which you will give the Lord will be about seven miles long and three miles wide.
Ezekiel 48 : 10 (NCV)
The holy area will be divided among these people. The priests will have land about seven miles long on the north and south sides, and three miles wide on the west and east sides. The Temple of the Lord will be in the middle of it.
Ezekiel 48 : 11 (NCV)
This land is for the priests who are given the holy duty of serving the Lord. They are the descendants of Zadok who did my work and did not leave me when Israel and the Levites left me.
Ezekiel 48 : 12 (NCV)
They will have as their share a very holy part of the holy portion of the land. It will be next to the land of the Levites.
Ezekiel 48 : 13 (NCV)
"Alongside the land for the priests, the Levites will have a share about seven miles long and three miles wide; its full length will be about seven miles and its full width about three miles.
Ezekiel 48 : 14 (NCV)
The Levites are not to sell or trade any of this land. They are not to let anyone else own any of this best part of the land, because it belongs to the Lord.
Ezekiel 48 : 15 (NCV)
"The rest of the area will be about one and one-half miles wide and seven miles long. It will not be holy but will belong to the city and be used for homes and pastures. The city will be in the middle of it.
Ezekiel 48 : 16 (NCV)
These are the city's measurements: the north side will be about one mile, the south side about one mile, the east side about one mile, and the west side about one mile.
Ezekiel 48 : 17 (NCV)
The city's land for pastures will be about four hundred thirty-seven feet on the north, four hundred thirty-seven feet on the south, four hundred thirty-seven feet on the east, and four hundred thirty-seven feet on the west.
Ezekiel 48 : 18 (NCV)
Along the long side of the holy area there will be left three miles on the east and three miles on the west. It will be used to grow food for the city workers.
Ezekiel 48 : 19 (NCV)
The city workers from all the tribes of Israel will farm this land.
Ezekiel 48 : 20 (NCV)
This whole area will be square, seven miles by seven miles. You shall give to the Lord the holy share along with the city property.
Ezekiel 48 : 21 (NCV)
"Land that is left over on both sides of the holy area and city property will belong to the ruler. That land will extend east of the holy area to the eastern border and west of it to the Mediterranean Sea. Both of these areas run the length of the lands of the tribes, and they belong to the ruler. The holy area with the Holy Place of the Temple will be in the middle.
Ezekiel 48 : 22 (NCV)
The Levites' land and the city property will be in the middle of the lands belonging to the ruler. Those lands will be between Judah's border and Benjamin's border.
Ezekiel 48 : 23 (NCV)
"Here is what the rest of the tribes will receive: Benjamin will have one share. It will go from the east side to the Mediterranean Sea on the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 24 (NCV)
"South of Benjamin's land, Simeon will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 25 (NCV)
"South of Simeon's land, Issachar will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 26 (NCV)
"South of Issachar's land, Zebulun will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 27 (NCV)
"South of Zebulun's land, Gad will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Ezekiel 48 : 28 (NCV)
"The southern border of Gad's land will go east from Tamar on the Dead Sea to the waters of Meribah Kadesh. Then it will run along the brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
Ezekiel 48 : 29 (NCV)
"This is the land you will divide among the tribes of Israel to be their shares," says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 48 : 30 (NCV)
"These will be the outside borders of the city: The north side will measure more than one mile.
Ezekiel 48 : 31 (NCV)
There will be three gates facing north: Reuben's Gate, Judah's Gate, and Levi's Gate, named for the tribes of Israel.
Ezekiel 48 : 32 (NCV)
"The east side will measure more than one mile. There will be three gates facing east: Joseph's Gate, Benjamin's Gate, and Dan's Gate.
Ezekiel 48 : 33 (NCV)
"The south side will measure more than one mile. There will be three gates facing south: Simeon's Gate, Issachar's Gate, and Zebulun's Gate.
Ezekiel 48 : 34 (NCV)
"The west side will measure more than one mile. There will be three gates facing west: Gad's Gate, Asher's Gate, and Naphtali's Gate.
Ezekiel 48 : 35 (NCV)
"The city will measure about six miles around. From then on the name of the city will be The Lord Is There."
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