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Ezekiel 48 Summary
The Tribes' Portions and City of God
The Lord describes how the land shall be divided among the twelve tribes from north to south: Dan, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben, and Judah. Below Judah lies the holy oblation containing the sanctuary, priests' portion, and Levites' portion. A city is built in the midst for dwelling, with gates named after the tribes. The Lord concludes that all the tribes from Benjamin to Gad shall have their portions, and the city's name shall be: The LORD is there.
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Key verses
Ezekiel 48:1-7
“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, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.”
Ezekiel 48:8-14
“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.”
Ezekiel 48:30-34
“And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.”
Ezekiel 48:35
“It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.”
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