(KJV) Ezekiel 481

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⥃The Portions for the Tribes

[1] Now these [are] the names2 of the tribes. From3 the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east [and] west; a [portion4 for] Dan5. [2] And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Asher6. [3] And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a [portion for] Naphtali7. [4] And by the border8 of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Manasseh9. [5] And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Ephraim10. [6] And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a [portion for] Reuben11. [7] And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a [portion for] Judah12.

⥃The Portions for the Priests and Levites

[8] [¶]And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering13 which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand [reeds in] breadth, and [in] length as one of the [other] parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary14 shall be in the midst of it. [9] The oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord [shall be] of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. [10] And for them, [even] for the priests15, shall be [this] holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary16 of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof. [11] [It shall be] for the priests that are sanctified17 of the sons18 of Zadok; which have kept my charge19, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites20 went astray. [12] And [this] oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing21 most holy by the border of the Levites. [13] And over against the border of the priests the Levites [shall have] five and twenty thousand in22 length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length [shall be] five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. [14] And they shall23 not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for24 [it is] holy unto the Lord.

⥃The Common Portion

[15] [¶]And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane25 [place] for the city26, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. [16] And these [shall be] the measures thereof; 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. [17] And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. [18] And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy [portion shall be] ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy [portion]; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve27 the city. [19] And they that serve the city shall serve28 it out of all the tribes of Israel. [20] All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare29, with the possession of the city.

⥃The Portion for the Prince

[21] [¶]And the residue30 [shall be] for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward31 over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house [shall be] in the midst thereof. [22] Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, [being] in the midst [of that] which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.

⥃The Portions for the Remaining Tribes

[23] As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin32 [shall have] a [portion33]. [24] And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon34 [shall have] a [portion]. [25] And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar35 a [portion]. [26] And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun36 a [portion]. [27] And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad37 a [portion]. [28] And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar38 [unto] the waters of strife [in] Kadesh39, [and] to the river40 toward the great sea41. [29] This [is] the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these [are] their portions, saith the Lord God.42

⥃The City Gates and Dimensions

[30] [¶]And these [are] the goings43 out of the city on the north side, four44 thousand and five hundred measures. [31] And the gates of the city [shall be] after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.45 [32] And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. [33] And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. [34] At the west side four thousand and five hundred, [with] their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. [35] [It was] round about eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name46 of the city from [that] day [shall be], The Lord47 [is] there.

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  1. Ezek 48:1, The portions of the twelve tribes; Ezek 48:8, of the sanctuary; Ezek 48:15, of the city and suburbs; Ezek 48:21, and of the prince; Ezek 48:23, The portions of the twelve tribes; Ezek 48:30, The dimensions and gates of the city. ↩

  2. Exod 1:1-5; Num 1:5-15, Num 13:4-15; Rev 7:4-8 ↩

  3. Ezek 47:15-17; Num 34:7-9 ↩

  4. Heb. one portion ↩

  5. Gen 30:3-6; Josh 19:40-47; Judg 18:26-29; 2Sam 24:2; 1Kgs 12:28-29; Matt 20:15-16 ↩

  6. Gen 30:12-13; Josh 19:24-31 ↩

  7. Gen 30:7-8; Josh 19:32-39 ↩

  8. In this division of the Holy Land, a portion is laid out for each of the twelve tribes directly across the country, from east to west; and deducting the square of 25,000 reeds, or nearly fifty miles on each side, between Judah and Benjamin, for the priests, Levites, city, and temple, with the inheritance of the prince to the east and west (See note on Ezek 45:1), from 280 miles, the length of the country from north to south, there will remain for each tribe a portion of less than twenty miles in width, and 150 in length. This division of the land entirely differs from that which was made in the days of Joshua, in which the tribes were not only differently placed, but confused and inter-mixed; while here distinct lots are assigned to each of the twelve tribes, in a regular mathematical form. Literally such a division never took place. It seems to denote the equality of privileges which subsists among all the tribes of Believers, of whatever nation, and whatever their previous character may have been. ↩

  9. Gen 30:22-24, Gen 41:51, Gen 48:5, Gen 48:14-20; Josh 13:29-31, Josh 17:1-11 ↩

  10. Josh 16:1-10, Josh 17:8-10, Josh 17:14-18 ↩

  11. Gen 29:32, Gen 49:3-4; Josh 13:15-21 ↩

  12. Gen 29:35; Josh 15:1-63, Josh 19:9 ↩

  13. Ezek 45:1-6 ↩

  14. Ezek 48:35; Isa 12:6, Isa 33:20-22; Zech 2:11-12; 2Cor 6:16; Eph 2:20-22; Col 2:9; Rev 21:3, Rev 21:22, Rev 22:3 ↩

  15. Ezek 44:28, Ezek 45:4; Num 35:1-9; Josh 21:1-45; Matt 10:10; 1Cor 9:13-14 ↩

  16. Ezek 48:8 ↩

  17. or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests ↩

  18. Ezek 40:46, Ezek 43:19, Ezek 44:15-16 ↩

  19. or, ward, or ordinance, Matt 24:45, Matt 24:45-46; 2Tim 4:7-8; 1Pet 5:4; Rev 2:10 ↩

  20. Ezek 44:10 ↩

  21. Ezek 45:4; Lev 27:21 ↩

  22. Ezek 45:3; Deut 12:19; Luke 10:7 ↩

  23. Exod 22:29; Lev 27:10, Lev 27:28, Lev 27:33 ↩

  24. Ezek 48:12; Lev 23:20, Lev 27:9, Lev 27:32; Mal 3:8-10 ↩

  25. Ezek 22:26, Ezek 42:20, Ezek 44:23, Ezek 45:6 ↩

  26. The holy oblation of 25,000 square reeds, or near fifty square miles, was divided into three parts from north to south (see note on Ezek 45:1); a portion on the north of 10,000 reeds in width, and 25,000 in length, for the priests, in the midst of which was the sanctuary or temple, surrounded by a wall 500 reeds square (Ezek 48:9-10; see note on Ezek 42:15); next to this another portion of the same dimensions for the Levites (Ezek 48:13-14); and on the south another portion of the same length, but only 5,000 reeds in breadth, for the city (Ezek 48:15). The city was situated in the midst of this portion, being 4,500 reeds, or about nine miles square (Ezek 48:30), having a suburb of 250 reeds, or about half a mile, on each side (Ezek 48:17), leaving 10,000 reeds or nearly ten miles, on the east side, and the same on the west side, for the profit of those who serve the city out of all the tribes (Ezek 48:18-19). On the east and west sides of this square of 25,000 reeds, is the portion of the prince; each of which, estimating the breadth of the land at 150 miles, would form a square of fifty miles. Thus the whole plan of the division of the country, laying out of the city, temple, and all its appendages, is perfectly regular and uniform; and would therefore convey to the minds of the Jews the most complete idea they were capable of conceiving of the most perfect church, commonwealth, city, temple, and conveniences, on the largest and grandest scale for the Divine worship; and it doubtless ultimately points out the land of Immanuel, the city of the New Jerusalem, and his temple, the Christian church, the house of the living God. 1Tim 3:15 ↩

  27. Josh 9:27; Ezra 2:43-58; Neh 7:46-62 ↩

  28. Ezek 45:6; 1Kgs 4:7-23; Neh 11:1-36 ↩

  29. Heb 12:17; Rev 21:16 ↩

  30. Ezek 48:22, Ezek 34:23-24, Ezek 37:24, Ezek 45:7-8; Hos 1:11 ↩

  31. Ezek 48:8-10 ↩

  32. Ezek 48:1-7; Gen 35:16-19; Josh 18:21-28 ↩

  33. Heb. one portion, Ezek 48:1 ↩

  34. Gen 29:33, Gen 49:5-7; Josh 19:1-9 ↩

  35. Gen 30:14-18; Josh 19:17-23 ↩

  36. Gen 30:19-20; Josh 19:10-16 ↩

  37. Gen 30:10-11; Josh 13:24-28 ↩

  38. Ezek 47:19; 2Chr 20:2 ↩

  39. Heb. Meribah–kadesh, Num 20:1, Num 20:13; Ps 106:32 ↩

  40. Gen 15:18; Num 34:5; Josh 13:3; Isa 27:12 ↩

  41. Ezek 47:15, Ezek 47:19-20 ↩

  42. Ezek 47:13-22; Num 34:2, Num 34:13; Josh. 13:1-21:45 ↩

  43. Ezek 48:16, Ezek 48:32-35; Rev 21:16 ↩

  44. It is certainly most obvious to interpret these measures, not of cubits, but of the measuring reed which the prophet's conductor had in his hand; according to which, the city would be about thirty-six miles in circumference, and nine miles on each side of the square; which was nearly nine times larger than the greatest extent to which Jerusalem ever attained (See note on Ezek 42:15, and see note on Ezek 42:16.) The large dimensions of the city and land were perhaps intended to intimate the extensive and glorious propagation of the gospel in the times predicted; and the land was not called Canaan, nor the city Jerusalem, probably because they were figurative of spiritual blessings to the church and to Israel. ↩

  45. Isa 26:1-2, Isa 54:12, Isa 60:11; Rev 21:12-13, Rev 21:21, Rev 21:25 ↩

  46. Gen 22:14; Jer 33:16; Zech 14:21 ↩

  47. Heb. JEHOVAH shammah, Exod 15:26, Exod 17:15; Judg 6:24; Ps 46:5, Ps 48:3, Ps 48:14, Ps 68:18, Ps 77:13, Ps 132:14; Isa 12:6, Isa 14:32, Isa 24:23; Jer 3:17; Joel 3:21; Zech 2:10; Rev 21:3, Rev 22:3 ↩