English Bible Presentation Sharing - Ezekiel Book, chapter 48, verse 28 in Nlv Version

Ezekiel 48 : 1 (NLV)

"These are the names of the family groups: Dan will have one share of land at the far north. His land will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan beside the land of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath, going from east to west.

Ezekiel 48 : 2 (NLV)

Asher will have one share of land beside Dan, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 3 (NLV)

Naphtali will have one share beside Asher, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 4 (NLV)

Manasseh will have one share beside Naphtali, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 5 (NLV)

Ephraim will have one share beside Manasseh, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 6 (NLV)

Reuben will have one share beside Ephraim, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 7 (NLV)

Judah will have one share beside Reuben, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 8 (NLV)

"Beside Judah, from the east side to the west side, will be the share of land you must set apart as a special gift. It will be as wide as 12,500 long steps, and as long as one of the other shares of land, from the east side to the west side. And the holy place will be in the center of it.

Ezekiel 48 : 9 (NLV)

The gift of land that you will set apart to the Lord will be as long as 12,500 long steps and as wide as 5,000 long steps.

Ezekiel 48 : 10 (NLV)

There will be a holy part for the religious leaders. It will be as long as 12,500 long steps on the north side, 5,000 long steps on the west side, 5,000 long steps on the east side, and 12,500 long steps on the south side. The holy house of the Lord will be in the center of it.

Ezekiel 48 : 11 (NLV)

It will be for the religious leaders who are set apart of the sons of Zadok, who have been faithful in serving Me. They did not sin as the Levites did when the people of Israel went the wrong way.

Ezekiel 48 : 12 (NLV)

It will belong to them as a special gift from part of the land, a most holy place, beside the land of the Levites.

Ezekiel 48 : 13 (NLV)

The Levites will have land beside the religious leaders, as long as 12,500 long steps and as wide as 5,000 long steps. The whole length will be 12,500 long steps, and the width 5,000 long steps.

Ezekiel 48 : 14 (NLV)

They must not sell or trade any of it. This is the best part of the land, and it must not pass into other hands. For it is holy to the Lord.

Ezekiel 48 : 15 (NLV)

"The rest of the land, 2,500 long steps in width and 12,500 long steps in length, will be for all the people. It will be for houses and for open fields, and the city will be in the center of it.

Ezekiel 48 : 16 (NLV)

The city will be 2,250 long steps on each of its four sides.

Ezekiel 48 : 17 (NLV)

And it will have open fields, 125 long steps in width, all around the city.

Ezekiel 48 : 18 (NLV)

The rest of the length beside the holy part of the land will be 5,000 long steps toward the east and 5,000 long steps toward the west. This will be where food is grown for those who work in the city.

Ezekiel 48 : 19 (NLV)

And the workers of the city, from all the family groups of Israel, will work the ground.

Ezekiel 48 : 20 (NLV)

The whole piece of land will be as long as 12,500 long steps on each of its four sides. You will set apart the holy piece of land, together with the land for the city.

Ezekiel 48 : 21 (NLV)

"The rest of the land will be for the ruler, on both sides of the holy piece of land and of the land for the city. It will go from the 12,500 long steps of the holy piece of land all the way to the east side, and from the 12,500 long steps all the way to the west side, along the shares for the family groups. It will belong to the ruler. The holy piece of land and the house of the Lord will be in the center of it.

Ezekiel 48 : 22 (NLV)

So the land of the Levites and the land of the city will be in the center of the ruler's land. And the ruler's land will be between the land of Judah and the land of Benjamin.

Ezekiel 48 : 23 (NLV)

"As for the rest of the family groups, Benjamin will have one share of land. It will spread from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 24 (NLV)

Simeon will have one share beside Benjamin, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 25 (NLV)

Issachar will have one share beside Simeon, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 26 (NLV)

Zebulun will have one share beside Issachar, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 27 (NLV)

Gad will have one share beside Zebulun, from the east side to the west side.

Ezekiel 48 : 28 (NLV)

The south side of Gad's share will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then to the River of Egypt and to the Great Sea.

Ezekiel 48 : 29 (NLV)

This is the land you will give by drawing names to the family groups of Israel for their own. And these are their shares," says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 48 : 30 (NLV)

"These will be the gates of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is as long as 2,250 long steps,

Ezekiel 48 : 31 (NLV)

the gates of the city will be given the names of the family groups of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.

Ezekiel 48 : 32 (NLV)

The east side is as long as 2,250 long steps. The three gates on this side will be the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.

Ezekiel 48 : 33 (NLV)

The south side is as long as 2,250 long steps. The three gates on this side will be the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.

Ezekiel 48 : 34 (NLV)

And the west side is as long as 2,250 long steps. The three gates on this side will be the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

Ezekiel 48 : 35 (NLV)

It will be 9,000 long steps around the city. And the name of the city from that time on will be: 'The Lord is there.' "