Ezekiel 48

The Holy Offering Ezekiel 48:9–14

⁹Verse 9. “The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width. ¹⁰Verse 10. For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the middle of it. ¹¹Verse 11. It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn’t go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

¹²Verse 12. It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites. ¹³Verse 13. “Answerable to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width. All the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand. ¹⁴Verse 14. They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.

Common Land and City Structure Ezekiel 48:15–20

¹⁵Verse 15. “The five thousand that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the middle of it. ¹⁶Verse 16. These shall be its measurements: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. ¹⁷Verse 17. The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.

¹⁸Verse 18. The remainder in the length, alongside the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be alongside the holy offering. Its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city. ¹⁹Verse 19. Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. ²⁰Verse 20. All the offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand. You shall offer it as a holy offering, with the possession of the city.

Provisions for the Prince Ezekiel 48:21–22

²¹Verse 21. “The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. The holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it. ²²Verse 22. Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the middle of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

Final Allotments to Remaining Tribes Ezekiel 48:23–29

²³Verse 23. “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion. ²⁴Verse 24. “By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion. ²⁵Verse 25. “By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion. ²⁶Verse 26. “By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion. ²⁷Verse 27. “By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion. ²⁸Verse 28. “By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.

²⁹Verse 29. “This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.

City Gates and Divine Presence Ezekiel 48:30–35

³⁰Verse 30. “These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure; ³¹Verse 31. and the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. ³²Verse 32. “At the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. ³³Verse 33. “At the south side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

³⁴Verse 34. “At the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. ³⁵Verse 35. “It shall be eighteen thousand reeds around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘Yahweh is there.’