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- Chapter 48 -

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“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.
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Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.
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Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.
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Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
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Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
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Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
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Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west.

The Portions for the Priests and Levites

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Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide,(a) and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.
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The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.(b)
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This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.
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It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
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It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion (c) adjacent to the territory of the Levites.
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Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits.
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They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

The Common Portion

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The remaining area, 5,000 cubits (d) wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it
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and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits (e) on the north side, 4,500 cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side.
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The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits (f) to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.
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The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.
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The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.
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The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits. You are to set apart the holy portion, along with the city property.

The Portion for the Prince

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The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
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So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.

The Portions for the Remaining Tribes

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As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.
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Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
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Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.
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Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.
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And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
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The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt (g) and out to the Great Sea.(h)
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This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD.

The City Gates and Dimensions

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“These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long,
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the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.
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On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
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On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
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And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.
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The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits,(i) and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.(j)”

Footnotes

(a)48:8 25,000 (long) cubits is approximately 8.3 miles or 13.3 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, and 21.
(b)48:9 10,000 (long) cubits is approximately 3.3 miles or 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13, and 18.
(c)48:12 Or a Most Holy Place
(d)48:15 5,000 (long) cubits is approximately 1.7 miles or 2.7 kilometers.
(e)48:16 4,500 (long) cubits is approximately 1.5 miles or 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33, and 34.
(f)48:17 250 (long) cubits is approximately 437.5 feet or 133.4 meters.
(g)48:28 Hebrew does not include of Egypt.
(h)48:28 That is, the Mediterranean Sea
(i)48:35 18,000 (long) cubits is approximately 6 miles or 9.6 kilometers.
(j)48:35 Hebrew YHWH Shammah
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“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.
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“By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.
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“By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
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“By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
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“By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.
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“By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
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“By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.

The Portions for the Priests and Levites

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“By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
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“The offering that you shall offer to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width.
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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 the LORD shall be in the middle of it.
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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.
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It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites.
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“Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. All the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.
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They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated, for it is holy to the LORD.

The Common Portion

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“The five thousand cubits 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 pasture lands; and the city shall be in the middle of it.
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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.
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The city shall have pasture lands: 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.
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The remainder of 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.
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Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
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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.

The Portion for the Prince

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“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.
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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.

The Portions for the Remaining Tribes

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“As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
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“By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
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“By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
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“By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.
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“By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.
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“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.
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“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 GOD.

The City Gates and Dimensions

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“These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure;
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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.
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“At the east side four thousand five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
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“At the south side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
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“At the west side four thousand five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
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“It shall be eighteen thousand reeds in circumference; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The LORD is there.’
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