ASV_Strong : Ezekiel 48
1. Now these are the names[H8034] of the tribes[H7626]: From the north[H6828] end[H7097], beside[H3027] the way[H1870] of Hethlon[H2855] to the entrance[H935] of Hamath[H2574], Hazar-enan[H2704] at the border[H1366] of Damascus[H1834], northward[H6828] beside[H3027] Hamath[H2574], (and they shall have their sides[H6285] east[H6921] and west[H3220],) Dan[H1835], one portion[H259].
2. And by the border[H1366] of Dan[H1835], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Asher[H836], one portion[H259].
3. And by the border[H1366] of Asher[H836], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] even unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Naphtali[H5321], one portion[H259].
4. And by the border[H1366] of Naphtali[H5321], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Manasseh[H4519], one portion[H259].
5. And by the border[H1366] of Manasseh[H4519], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Ephraim[H669], one portion[H259].
6. And by the border[H1366] of Ephraim[H669], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] even unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Reuben[H7205], one portion[H259].
7. And by the border[H1366] of Reuben[H7205], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Judah[H3063], one portion[H259].
8. And by the border[H1366] of Judah[H3063], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], shall be the oblation[H8641] which ye shall offer[H7311], five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] reeds in breadth[H7341], and in length[H753] as one[H259] of the portions[H2506], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285]: and the sanctuary[H4720] shall be in the midst of it[H8432].
9. The oblation[H8641] that ye shall offer[H7311] unto Jehovah[H3068] shall be five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] reeds in length[H753], and ten[H6235] thousand[H505] in breadth[H7341].
10. And for these[H3548], even for the priests, shall be the holy[H6944] oblation[H8641]: toward the north[H6828] five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] in length[H3220], and toward the west ten[H6235] thousand[H505] in breadth[H7341], and toward the east[H6921] ten[H6235] thousand[H505] in breadth[H7341], and toward the south[H5045] five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] in length[H753]: and the sanctuary[H4720] of Jehovah[H3068] shall be in the midst thereof[H8432].
11. It shall be for the priests[H3548] that are sanctified[H6942] of the sons[H1121] of Zadok[H6659], that have kept[H8104] my charge[H4931], that went not astray[H8582] when the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] went astray[H8582], as the Levites[H3881] went astray[H8582].
12. And it shall be unto them an oblation[H8642] from the oblation[H8641] of the land[H776], a thing most[H6944] holy[H6944], by the border[H1366] of the Levites[H3881].
13. And answerable[H5980] unto the border[H1366] of the priests[H3548], the Levites[H3881] shall have five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] in length[H753], and ten[H6235] thousand[H505] in breadth[H7341]: all the length[H753] shall be five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505], and the breadth[H7341] ten[H6235] thousand[H505].
14. And they shall sell[H4376] none of it[H4171], nor exchange it[H7225], nor shall the first-fruits of the land[H776] be alienated[H5674]; for it is holy[H6944] unto Jehovah[H3068].
15. And the five[H2568] thousand[H505] that are left[H3498] in the breadth[H7341], in front[H6440] of the five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505], shall be for common[H2455] use[H5892], for the city, for dwelling[H4186] and for suburbs[H4054]; and the city[H5892] shall be in the midst thereof[H8432].
16. And these shall be the measures[H4060] thereof[H6828]: the north side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967], and the south[H5045] side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967], and on the east[H6921] side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967], and the west[H3220] side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967].
17. And the city[H5892] shall have suburbs[H4054]: toward the north[H6828] two hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572], and toward the south[H5045] two hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572], and toward the east[H6921] two hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572], and toward the west[H3220] two hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572].
18. And the residue[H3498] in the length[H753], answerable[H5980] unto the holy[H6944] oblation[H8641], shall be ten[H6235] thousand[H505] eastward[H6921], and ten[H6235] thousand[H505] westward[H3220]; and it shall be answerable[H5980] unto the holy[H6944] oblation[H8641]; and the increase[H8393] thereof shall be for food[H3899] unto them that labor[H3498] in the city[H5892].
19. And they that labor[H5647] in the city[H5892], out of all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], shall till it[H5647].
20. All the oblation[H8641] shall be five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] by five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505]: ye shall offer[H7311] the holy[H6944] oblation[H8641] four-square[H7243], with the possession[H272] of the city[H5892].
21. And the residue[H3498] shall be for the prince[H5387], on the one side and on the other of the holy[H6944] oblation[H8641] and of the possession[H272] of the city[H5892]; in front[H6440] of the five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] of the oblation[H8641] toward the east[H6921] border[H1366], and westward[H3220] in front[H6440] of the five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] toward the west[H3220] border[H1366], answerable[H5980] unto the portions[H2506], it shall be for the prince[H5387]: and the holy[H6944] oblation[H8641] and the sanctuary[H4720] of the house[H1004] shall be in the midst thereof[H8432].
22. Moreover from the possession[H272] of the Levites[H3881], and from the possession[H272] of the city[H5892], being in the midst[H8432] of that which is the prince[H5387]'s, between the border[H1366] of Judah[H3063] and the border[H1366] of Benjamin[H1144], it shall be for the prince[H5387].
23. And as for the rest[H3499] of the tribes[H7626]: from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Benjamin[H1144], one portion[H259].
24. And by the border[H1366] of Benjamin[H1144], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Simeon[H8095], one portion[H259].
25. And by the border[H1366] of Simeon[H8095], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Issachar[H3485], one portion[H259].
26. And by the border[H1366] of Issachar[H3485], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Zebulun[H2074], one portion[H259].
27. And by the border[H1366] of Zebulun[H2074], from the east[H6921] side[H6285] unto the west[H3220] side[H6285], Gad[H1410], one portion[H259].
28. And by the border[H1366] of Gad[H1410], at the south[H5045] side[H6285] southward[H8486], the border[H1366] shall be even from Tamar[H8559] unto the waters[H4325] of Meribath[H4808] - kadesh[H6946], to the brook[H5158] of Egypt[H1419], unto the great sea[H3220].
29. This is the land[H776] which ye shall divide[H5307] by lot unto the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] for inheritance[H5159], and these are their several portions[H4256], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].
30. And these are the egresses[H8444] of the city[H5892]: On the north[H6828] side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967] reeds by measure[H4060];
31. and the gates[H8179] of the city[H5892] shall be after the names[H8034] of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], three[H7969] gates[H8179] northward[H6828]: the gate[H8179] of Reuben[H7205], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Judah[H3063], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Levi[H3878], one[H259].
32. And at the east[H6921] side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967] reeds[H7969], and three gates[H8179]: even the gate[H8179] of Joseph[H3130], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Benjamin[H1144], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Dan[H1835], one[H259].
33. And at the south[H5045] side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967] reeds by measure[H4060], and three[H7969] gates[H8179]: the gate[H8179] of Simeon[H8095], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Issachar[H3485], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Zebulun[H2074], one[H259].
34. At the west[H3220] side[H6285] four[H702] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967] reeds[H7969], with their three gates[H8179]: the gate[H8179] of Gad[H1410], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Asher[H836], one[H259]; the gate[H8179] of Naphtali[H5321], one[H259].
35. It shall be eighteen[H8083] thousand[H505] reeds round about[H5439]: and the name[H8034] of the city[H5892] from that day[H3117] shall be[H3074], Jehovah is there.
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