The Portions for the Tribes
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.
2Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.
3Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.
4Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
5Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
6Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
7Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.
The Portions for the Priests and Levites
8Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be about 8⅓ miles wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.
9The special portion you set apart to Yahweh shall be about 8⅓ miles long and about 3⅓ miles wide.
10This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be about 8⅓ miles long on the north side, about 3⅓ miles wide on the west side, about 3⅓ miles wide on the east side, and about 8⅓ miles long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of Yahweh. 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. 12It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.
13Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area about 8⅓ miles long and about 3⅓ miles wide. The whole length will be about 8⅓ miles, and the width about 3⅓ miles. 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 Yahweh.
The Common Portion
15The remaining area, about 1⅔ miles wide and about 8⅓ miles long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it 16and will have these measurements: about 1½ miles on the north side, about 1½ miles on the south side, about 1½ miles on the east side, and about 1½ miles on the west side.
17The pastureland of the city will extend 437½ feet to the north, 437½ feet to the south, 437½ feet to the east, and 437½ feet to the west.
18The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be about 3⅓ miles on the east side and about 3⅓ miles on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. 19The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.
20The entire portion will be a square, about 8⅓ miles by about 8⅓ miles. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.
The Portion for the Prince
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 holy district, about 8⅓ miles wide, toward the eastern border, and westward from it to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
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.
The Portions for the Remaining Tribes
23As for the rest of the tribes:
Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.
24Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
25Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.
26Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.
27And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
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. 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 Yahweh.
The City Gates and Dimensions
30“These will be the exits of the city:
Beginning on the north side, which will be about 1½ miles long, 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.
- EZK 48:31[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 21:12-14
32On the east side, which will be about 1½ miles long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
33On the south side, which will be about 1½ miles long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
34And on the west side, which will be about 1½ miles long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.
35The perimeter of the city will be about 6 miles, and from that day on the name of the city will be:
YAHWEH IS THERE.”
- EZK 48:35[PROPHECY]The name of the city will be YAHWEH IS THERE → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM
- EZK 48:35[NOTE]YAHWEH IS THERE. In Hebrew, YHWH shammah. The book that began with God's glory leaving ends with a city named for His presence. Revelation ends the same way, Revelation 21:3.