Ezekiel:48
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These are the names of the tribes .
Beginning at the northern border ,
Dan will have one part of the land .
It will extend from the road to Hethlon to Hamath Pass and Hazar Enon ,
on the northern border of Damascus near Hamath ,
from the eastern border to the western border .
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Asher will have one part of the land and border Dan on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Naphtali will have one part of the land and border Asher on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Manasseh will have one part of the land and border Naphtali on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Ephraim will have one part of the land and border Manasseh on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Reuben will have one part of the land and border Ephraim on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Judah will have one part of the land and border Reuben on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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The land that you set aside as a special gift for Jehovah will border Judah on the south .
It will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet wide ,
and it will be as long as one of the sections of the tribes .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border ,
and the holy place will be in the middle of it .
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This special land that you set aside for Jehovah will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long and seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide .
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This holy area will belong to the priests .
On the north side it will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long .
On the west side it will be seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide .
On the east side it will be seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide .
On the south side it will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long .
Jehovah
s holy place will be in the middle of it .
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This land that has been set apart will belong to the priests who are descendants of Zadok .
They took care of my holy place .
They did not wander away with the Israelites as the Levites did .
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So they will have a special portion from the land .
It will be the holiest part of land ,
next to the land belonging to the Levites .
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Alongside the land belonging to the priests will be the land belonging to the Levites .
It will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long and seventeen thousand five hundred feet wide .
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They must not sell any of it or trade any of it .
They must not let others have the best part of the land ,
because the land is Jehovah
s and it is holy .
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A strip of land ,
eight thousand seven hundred and fifty feet wide by forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet long ,
will be left for cities ,
homes ,
and pastures .
The city will be in the middle of it .
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These will be the measurements for the city :
On the north side it will be seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five feet long .
On the south side it will be the same length .
On the east side it will be seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five feet wide .
And on the west side it will be same width .
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The city '
s pastureland will be the same on all four sides ,
four thousand three hundred and seventy-five feet .
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The rest of the land borders the holy area and runs lengthwise .
This land will be seventeen thousand five hundred feet on both east and west sides .
It will be used to provide food for the city workers .
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City workers from all the tribes in Israel will farm it .
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The whole area will be forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty feet square .
You must give this land as a special gift to Jehovah along with the city property .
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Whatever is left on the east side and west side of the holy area and the city property will belong to the prince .
This land will extend eastward from the holy area to the eastern border ,
and it will extend westward to the western border .
Both of these areas are as long as one of the sections of the tribes .
These areas belong to the prince ,
and the holy area with the Holy Place of the Temple will be between them .
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The Levites '
property and the city '
s property will be between the prince '
s part of the land .
What is between Judah '
s and Benjamin '
s boundaries will belong to the prince .
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This is what the rest of the tribes will receive :
Benjamin will have one part of the land .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Simeon will have one part of the land and border Benjamin on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Issachar will have one part of the land and border Simeon on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Zebulun will have one part of the land and border Issachar on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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Gad will have one part of the land and border Zebulun on the south .
It will extend from the eastern border to the western border .
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The southern border of Gad will run south from Tamar to the oasis at Meribah in Kadesh ,
and it will run along the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea .
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This is the land you will divide as your inheritance among the tribes of Israel ,
and these are their areas ,
declares the Lord Jehovah .
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These will be the exits for the city :
The north side will be seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five feet long .
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The gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel .
The three gates on the north side will be Reuben Gate ,
Judah Gate ,
and Levi Gate .
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The east side will be seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five feet long .
The three gates on the east side will be Joseph Gate ,
Benjamin Gate ,
and Dan Gate .
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The south side will be seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five feet long .
The three gates on the south side will be Simeon Gate ,
Issachar Gate ,
and Zebulun Gate .
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The west side will be seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five feet long .
The three gates on the west side will be Gad Gate ,
Asher Gate ,
and Naphtali Gate .
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The city will measure about thirty-one thousand five hundred feet all the way around .
From then on the city '
s name will be :
Jehovah Is There .«