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Ezekiel 48

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Each Tribe Go Collect Im Own Share

Dem arrange di tribes for flat strips wey run side by side from east go west, with di sanctuary portion and di city for di middle and di prince land for both side. Di city get twelve gates wey carry di tribes name, and one new name: Our Papa Dey There.

Chapter 48.

"Na dis be di names of di tribes: for di north end, along di Hethlon road wey dey go Lebo-hamath, reach Hazar-enan for di border of Damascus wey dey north side, near Hamath—from di east side reach di west—Dan: one share.

"Next to Dan im border, from east side reach west side: Asher, one share.

"Near Asher im border, from di east side reach di west, Naphtali: one share.

"Next to Naphtali im border, from di east side reach di west side: Manasseh, one share.

"Near Manasseh im border, from east reach west, Ephraim: one share.

"Near Ephraim im border, from east reach west: Reuben, one share.

"Near Reuben im border, from di east side reach di west side: Judah, one share.

"For side of Judah im border, from east reach west, na di share wey you set apart—e be about eight miles wide, im length na like one tribe im share, from east reach west—and di holy place dey for im middle.

"Di share wey you set apart for our Papa: e be about eight miles long, three miles wide. Dis holy share na for di priests: about eight miles for north, three miles wide for di west, three miles wide for di east, eight miles for south; and di holy place of our Papa go dey stand for im middle. E go go di priests wey dem set apart, Zadok im sons, wey kip my charge and no comot from di way when Israel comot, di way wey di Levites comot. E go be special gift for dem from di land im set-apart share, one most holy thing, next to di Levites im border.

"Near di priests im border, di Levites go get one strip wey be about eight miles long and about three miles wide; im whole length na about eight miles, im width na about three miles. Dem no fit sell am or swap any part of am, and dem no go let di best of di land pass go anoda people, because e holy to our Papa.

"Di strip wey remain, about one mile and half wide for side of di eight miles, na common land for di city—for houses and open space, and di city go dey for im center. Im measurement: north side about one mile and half, south side about one mile and half, east side about one mile and half, west side about one mile and half. Di city im open land: north about 150 yards, south about 150 yards, east about 150 yards, and west about 150 yards. Di rest, for side of di holy share for length—about three miles east, about three miles west, wey match di holy share—im harvest go feed di city im workers. Di workers of di city, from all di tribes of Israel, go farm am. Di whole set-apart share na about eight miles by eight miles, e square. Make you set apart dis holy share togeda wit di city im property.

"Wetin remain for di two sides of di holy share and di city im property na for di prince. For side of di eight miles of di holy share wey reach di eastern border, and go west side for side of di eight miles wey reach di western border, near di tribe shares—e be di prince own; and di holy share wit di holy place of di house go dey for im middle. So di Levites im property and di city im property go dey inside wetin be di prince own; between Judah im border and Benjamin im border na di prince own go dey.

"Di rest of di tribes: from di east side reach di west side, Benjamin, one share.

"Next to Benjamin im border, from di east side reach di west side: Simeon, one share.

"Near Simeon im border, from east side reach west side: Issachar, one share.

"Near Issachar im border, from east reach west: Zebulun, one share.

"Near Zebulun im border, from di east side reach di west side, Gad get one share.

"Near Gad im border, for di south side, di border go run from Tamar reach di waters of Meribath-kadesh, den along di Brook reach di Great Sea.' Na dis be di land wey you go share as inheritance to di tribes of Israel, and na dis be dem shares, na so di Oga Papa talk.

Di Gates of di Holy City

"Na dis be di city im comot-places: for di north side, wey measure about one mile and half, dem name di city gates afta di tribes of Israel—three for di north: Reuben im gate, Judah im gate, Levi im gate.

"East side, about one mile and half, three gates: Joseph own, Benjamin own, Dan own.

"For di south side, about one mile and half, three gates: di gate of Simeon, di gate of Issachar, di gate of Zebulun.

"West side, one mile and half, three gates: Gad, Asher, and Naphtali."

Di whole round na about six miles round-round. From dat day di city im name na: Our Papa Dey There. a a v35 Di whole book of Ezekiel end for dis name. Afta all di exile and all di loss, di city im new name talk di one thing wey matter: our Papa dey there, e dey live wit im people forever.

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