Ezekiel 48 - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

1“These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern border, from the sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, as far as Hazar-enon (which is on the northern border of Damascus over against Hamath), and extending from the east side to the west, Dan, one portion.

2Adjoining the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher, one portion.

3Adjoining the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, Naphtali, one portion.

4Adjoining the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Manasseh, one portion.

5Adjoining the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, Ephraim, one portion.

6Adjoining the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, Reuben, one portion.

7Adjoining the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, Judah, one portion.

8“Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the portion which you shall set apart, twenty-five thousand cubits in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with the sanctuary in the midst of it.

9The portion which you shall set apart for the Lord shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length, and twenty thousand in breadth.

10These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring twenty-five thousand cubits on the northern side, ten thousand cubits in breadth on the western side, ten thousand in breadth on the eastern side, and twenty-five thousand in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the midst of it.

11This shall be for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did.

12And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.

13And alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in breadth. The whole length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the breadth twenty thousand.

14They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they shall not alienate this choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.

15“The remainder, five thousand cubits in breadth and twenty-five thousand in length, shall be for ordinary use for the city, for dwellings and for open country. In the midst of it shall be the city;

16 shall be in the midst of that which belongs to the prince. The portion of the prince shall lie between the territory of Judah and the territory of Benjamin.

23“As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion.

24Adjoining the territory of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon, one portion.

25Adjoining the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar, one portion.

26Adjoining the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun, one portion.

27Adjoining the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad, one portion.

28And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south, the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, thence along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea.

29This is the land which you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their several portions, says the Lord God.

30“These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits by measure,

31 the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

35The circumference of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city henceforth shall be, The Lord is there.”