21 a“The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city’s property, next to the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy district as far as the eastern border, and westward next to the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, band the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center.
22 Moreover, apart from the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city which are in the midst of what belongs to the prince, the area between the border of Judah and the border of aBenjamin shall belong to the prince.
23 “As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west, Benjamin shall have one section;
24 by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, aSimeon shall have one section;
25 by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west, aIssachar shall have one section;
26 by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west, aZebulun shall have one section;
27 by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, aGad shall have one section;
28 by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the1 South, the border shall be from Tamar to athe waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the bGreat Sea.
29 aThis is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions,” says the Lord God.
The Gates of the City and Its Name
30 “These are the exits of the city. On the north side, measuring four thousand five hundred cubits
31 a(the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel), the three gates northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 48:23.
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