{"book":"Ezekiel","slug":"ezekiel","ch":48,"genre":"list","sub":"Ezekiel","prev":"ezekiel/47","next":"daniel/1","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"“ 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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ Now these are the names of the tribes:"},{"style":"list1stline","t":"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."}],"h":"The Portions for the Tribes","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Asher [will have] one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":3,"t":"Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":4,"t":"Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":5,"t":"Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":6,"t":"Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":7,"t":"Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":8,"t":"Bordering 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.","f":["25,000 (long) cubits is approximately 8.3 miles or 13.3 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, and 21."],"h":"The Portions for the Priests and Levites","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"The special portion you set apart to the LORD [shall be] 25,000 [cubits] long and 10,000 [cubits] wide.","f":["10,000 (long) cubits is approximately 3.3 miles or 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13, and 18."],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"This 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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"It 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.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.","f":["Or a Most Holy Place"]},{"v":13,"t":"Bordering 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].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"They 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.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"The 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","f":["5,000 (long) cubits is approximately 1.7 miles or 2.7 kilometers."],"h":"The Common Portion","style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"and 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.","f":["4,500 (long) cubits is approximately 1.5 miles or 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33, and 34."]},{"v":17,"t":"The 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.","f":["250 (long) cubits is approximately 437.5 feet or 133.4 meters."],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"The 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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"The 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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"The 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.","f":[],"h":"The Portion for the Prince","style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"So 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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"As for the rest of the tribes:"},{"style":"list1stline","t":"Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side."}],"h":"The Portions for the Remaining Tribes","style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":25,"t":"Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":26,"t":"Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":27,"t":"[And] Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":28,"t":"The 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.","f":["Hebrew does not include of Egypt.","That is, the Mediterranean Sea"],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"This 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.","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"“ These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 [cubits long],","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ These will be the exits of the city:"},{"style":"list1stline","t":"Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 [cubits long],"}],"h":"The City Gates and Dimensions","style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"the 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.","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"On 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.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":33,"t":"On 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.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":34,"t":"And 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.","f":[],"style":"list1"},{"v":35,"t":"The 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.”","f":["18,000 (long) cubits is approximately 6 miles or 9.6 kilometers.","Hebrew YHWH Shammah"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"The perimeter [of the city will be] 18,000 [cubits], and from [that] day on the name of the city [will be]:"},{"style":"inscrip","t":"THE LORD [IS] THERE.”"}],"style":"reg"}]}