Each Tribe Receives a Portion
48 1 These are the names of the tribes: at the northern end, along the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath, to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus northward beside Hamath — from the east side to the west — Dan: one portion.
2 Next to Dan's border, from east side to west side: Asher, one portion.
3 Beside Asher's border, from the east side to the west, Naphtali: one portion.
4 Next to Naphtali's border, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one portion.
5 Beside Manasseh's border, from east to west, Ephraim: one portion.
6 Beside Ephraim's border, from east to west: Reuben, one portion.
7 Beside Reuben's border, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one portion.
8 Alongside Judah's border, from east to west, is the portion you set apart — about eight miles wide, as long as one tribal portion, from east to west — with the sanctuary in its midst.
9 The portion you set apart for our Father: about eight miles long, three miles wide. 10 This holy portion belongs to the priests: about eight miles north, three miles wide on the west, three miles wide on the east, eight miles south; and the sanctuary of our Father stands in its midst. 11 It goes to the dedicated priests, Zadok's sons, who kept my charge and did not stray when Israel strayed, as the Levites strayed. 12 It will be a special gift to them from the land's set-apart portion, a most holy thing, next to the Levites' border.
13 Beside the priests' border the Levites get a strip about eight miles long and about three miles wide; its whole length about eight miles, its width about three miles. 14 They must not sell or exchange any of it, nor let the best of the land pass to others, for it is holy to our Father.
15 The leftover strip, about a mile and a half wide alongside the eight miles, is common land for the city — for homes and open space, with the city at its center. 16 Its measurements: north side about one and a half miles, south side about one and a half miles, east side about one and a half miles, west side about one and a half miles. 17 The city's open land: north about one hundred and fifty yards, south about one hundred and fifty yards, east about one hundred and fifty yards, and west about one hundred and fifty yards. 18 The rest, alongside the holy portion in length — about three miles east, about three miles west, matching the holy portion — its produce feeds the city's workers. 19 The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, will farm it. 20 The whole set-apart portion is about eight miles by eight miles, a square. Set apart this holy portion with the city's property.
21 What remains on both sides of the holy portion and the city's property belongs to the prince. Alongside the eight miles of the holy portion to the eastern border, and westward alongside the eight miles to the western border, beside the tribal portions—it is the prince's; and the holy portion with the sanctuary of the house lies in its midst. 22 So the Levites' property and the city's property will lie within what belongs to the prince; between Judah's border and Benjamin's border shall be the prince's.
23 The rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
24 Next to Benjamin's border, from the east side to the west side: Simeon, one portion.
25 Beside Simeon's border, from east side to west side: Issachar, one portion.
26 Beside Issachar's border, east to west: Zebulun, one portion.
27 Beside Zebulun's border, from the east side to the west side, Gad has one portion.
28 Beside Gad's border, on the south side, the border runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook to the Great Sea. 29 This is the land you shall allot as inheritance to Israel's tribes, and these are their portions, declares the Sovereign Father.
The Gates of the Holy City
30 These are the city's exits: on the north side, measuring about one and a half miles, 31 the city gates are named for Israel's tribes — three on the north: Reuben's gate, Judah's gate, Levi's gate.
32 East side, about one and a half miles, three gates: Joseph's, Benjamin's, Dan's.
33 On the south side, 4,500 cubits, three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, the gate of Zebulun.
34 West side, one and a half miles, three gates: Gad, Asher, and Naphtali.
35 The perimeter is about six miles all around. From that day the city's name is: Our Father Is There. a a v35 The whole book of Ezekiel ends on this name. After all the exile and loss, the city's new name says the one thing that matters: our Father is there, dwelling with his people forever.
