| Chapter
48 |
| 1 | Now
these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way
of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus
northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a
portion for Dan. |
| 2 | And by
the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for
Asher. |
| 3 | And by the
border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for
Naphtali. |
| 4 | And by the
border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for
Manasseh. |
| 5 | And by the
border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for
Ephraim. |
| 6 | And by the
border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for
Reuben. |
| 7 | And by the
border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for
Judah. |
| 8 | And by the
border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering
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 sanctuary 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
priests, 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 sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. |
| 11 | It shall be for the priests that are
sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not
astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. |
| 12 | And this oblation of the
land that is offered shall be unto them a thing 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 in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five
and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. |
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14 | And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange,
nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. |
| 15 | And the five thousand,
that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall
be a profane place for the city, 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 serve the city. |
| 19 | And they that serve the city shall
serve 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 foursquare, with the
possession of the city. |
| 21 |
And the residue 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 westward 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. |
| 23 | As for the
rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have
a portion. |
| 24 | And by the
border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a
portion. |
| 25 | And by the
border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a
portion. |
| 26 | And by the
border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a
portion. |
| 27 | And by the
border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. |
| 28 | And by the border of Gad,
at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the
waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. |
| 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. |
| 30
| And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four
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. |
| 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. |
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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
name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. |
