2 And along the border of Dan, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Asher one portion.

3 And along the border of Asher, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Naphtali one portion.

4 And along the border of Naphtali, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Manasseh one portion.

5 And along the border of Manasseh, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Ephraim one portion.

6 And along the border of Ephraim, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Reuben one portion.

7 And along the border of Reuben, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Judah one portion.

8 And along the border of Judah, from the side of the east to the side of the west, will be the portion that you? will lift up—five and twenty thousand in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the side of the east to the side of the west, with the sanctuary in the middle of it.

9 The portion that you? shall lift up for YHWH shall be five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in width.

10 And to these will be the holy portion for the priests: To the north five and twenty thousand, and to the west ten thousand in width, and to the east ten thousand in width, and to the south five and twenty thousand in length; and the sanctuary of YHWH will be in the middle of it

11 for the priests who are sanctified from the sons of Zadok, those who have kept My charge, who did not go astray in the straying of the sons of Israel, as the Levites went astray.

12 And a special portion will be for them from the portion of the land, a holy of holies, toward the border of the Levites.

13 And the Levites shall be next to the border of the priests, five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in width; all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the width ten thousand.

14 And they shall not sell of it, and not exchange it; and they must not cause to pass through the firstfruit of the land, for it is holy to YHWH.

15 And the five thousand that are remaining in width, along the edge of the five and twenty thousand, is for common use; it is for the city, for dwellings, and for pastureland; and the city will be in the middle of it.

16 And these shall be its measurements: The side of the north, five hundred and four thousand; and the side of the south, five and five hundred and four thousand; and the side of the east, five hundred and four thousand; and the side of the west, five hundred and four thousand.

17 And the pastureland for the city will be to the north fifty and two hundred, and to the south fifty and two hundred, and to the east fifty and two hundred, and to the west fifty and two hundred.

18 And the remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be ten thousand to the east, and ten thousand to the west; and it will be adjacent to the holy portion, and its produce will be for food for the workers of the city.

19 And the workers of the city will work it from all the tribes of Israel.

20 All the portion shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, foursquare; you? shall lift up the holy portion along with the property of the city.

21 And the remainder is unto the prince, on this side and on this side of the holy portion and the property of the city; toward the faces of the five and twenty thousand portion alongside the border of the east, and westward alongside the faces of the five and twenty thousand along the border of the west, adjacent to the allotments, is unto the prince. The holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the midst of it.

22 And apart from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, in the midst of what will be unto the prince, between the border of Judah and between the border of Benjamin, will be unto the prince.

23 And the rest of the tribes: From the side of the east to the side of the west, Benjamin has one portion.

24 And along the border of Benjamin, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Simeon has one portion.

25 And along the border of Simeon, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Issachar has one portion.

26 And along the border of Issachar, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Zebulun has one portion.

27 And along the border of Zebulun, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Gad has one portion.

28 And along the border of Gad, on the side of the Negev, toward the south, the border will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, along the brook of Egypt to the Great Sea.

29 This is the land that you? shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions,” a declaration of the Lord YHWH.

30 “And these are the exits of the city: On the side of the north, which is five hundred and four thousand by measure,

31 and these gates of the city are according to the names of the tribes of Israel: Three gates to the north—one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

32 And on the side of the east, five hundred and four thousand, also three gates—one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

33 And on the side of the south, five hundred and four thousand by measure, also three gates—one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.

34 On the side of the west, five hundred and four thousand, their three gates—one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

35 All around it eighteen thousand. And the name of the city from that day is: YHWH Shammah.

Ezekiel 48:2-35, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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