48Ezekiel 48

The Division of Land among Tribes in the North / The said:

7Each tribe will receive a section of land that runs from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. The northern border of Israel will run along the towns of Hethlon and Lebo-Hamath, and will end at Hazar-Enon, which is on the border between the kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath. The tribes will receive their share of land in the following order, from north to south: Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah.Select Ezekiel 48:7

The Special Section of Land / The said:

8South of Judah's territory will be a special section of land. Its length will be twelve and a half kilometers, and its width will run from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. My temple will be located in this section of land.Select Ezekiel 48:8

9An area in the center of this land will belong to me. It will be twelve and a half kilometers long and ten kilometers wide.Select Ezekiel 48:9

10I, the Lord, will give half of my sacred land to the priests. Their share will be twelve and a half kilometers long and five kilometers wide, and my temple will be right in the middle.Select Ezekiel 48:10

11Only priests who are descendants of Zadok will receive a share of this sacred land, because they remained faithful to me when the Levites and the rest of the Israelites started sinning.Select Ezekiel 48:11

12The land belonging to the priests will be the most sacred area and will lie south of the area that belongs to the Levites.Select Ezekiel 48:12

13I will give the other half of my sacred land to the Levites. Their share will also be twelve and a half kilometers long and five kilometers wide,Select Ezekiel 48:13

14and they must never sell or trade any of this land—it is the best land and belongs to me.Select Ezekiel 48:14

15South of my sacred land will be a section twelve and a half kilometers long and three kilometers wide. It will not be sacred, but will belong to the people of Israel and will include the city of Jerusalem, together with its houses and pastureland.Select Ezekiel 48:15

16The city will be a square: Each side will be two kilometers long,Select Ezekiel 48:16

17and an open area 125 meters wide will surround the city.Select Ezekiel 48:17

18The land on the east and west sides of the city limits will be farmland for the people of Jerusalem; both sections will be five kilometers long and three kilometers wide.Select Ezekiel 48:18

19People from the city will farm the land, no matter which tribe they belong to.Select Ezekiel 48:19

20And so the center of this special section of land will be for my sacred land, as well as for the city and its property. The land will be a square, twelve and a half kilometers on each side.Select Ezekiel 48:20

21The regions east and west of this square of land will belong to the ruler of Israel. His property will run east to the Jordan River and west to the Mediterranean Sea. In the very center of his property will be my sacred land, as well as the temple,Select Ezekiel 48:21

22together with the share belonging to the Levites and the city of Jerusalem. The northern border of the ruler's property will be the land that belongs to Judah, and the southern border will be the land that belongs to Benjamin.Select Ezekiel 48:22

The Division of Land among Tribes in the South / The God said:

27South of this special section will be the land that belongs to the rest of Israel's tribes. Each tribe will receive a section of land that runs from the eastern border of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. The tribes will receive their share of land in the following order, from north to south: Benjamin, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, and Gad.Select Ezekiel 48:27

28Gad's southern border is also the southern border of Israel. It will begin at the town of Tamar, then run southwest to the springs near Meribath-Kadesh. It will continue along the Egyptian Gorge and end at the Mediterranean Sea.Select Ezekiel 48:28

29That's how the land of Israel will be divided among the twelve tribes. I, the Lord God, have spoken.Select Ezekiel 48:29

The Gates of Jerusalem / The said:

34The city of Jerusalem will have twelve gates, three on each of the four sides of the city wall. These gates will be named after the twelve tribes of Israel. The gates of Reuben, Judah, and Levi will be in the north; Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan will be in the east; Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun will be in the south; Gad, Asher, and Naphtali will be in the west. Each side of the city wall will be two kilometers long,Select Ezekiel 48:34

35and so the total length of the wall will be ten kilometers. The new name of the city will be “The-Lord-Is-Here!”Select Ezekiel 48:35