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Ezekiel 48:22-35 Modern English Version (MEV)

22. Moreover excluding the property of the Levites and the property of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince’s, everything 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 to the west side, Benjamin shall have one portion.

24. By the border of Benjamin from the east side to the west side, Simeon shall have one portion.

25. By the border of Simeon from the east side to the west side, Issachar shall have one portion.

26. By the border of Issachar from the east side to the west side, Zebulun shall have one portion.

27. By the border of Zebulun from the east side to the west side, Gad shall have one portion.

28. By the border of Gad at the south side southward the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh and to the brook of Egypt toward the Mediterranean Sea.

29. This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, says the Lord God.

30. These are the exits of the city on the north side, four thousand five hundred cubits by measurement.

31. The gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.

32. At the east side, four thousand five hundred cubits, shall be three gates: one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

33. At the south side, four thousand five hundred cubits by measurement, shall be three gates: one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

34. At the west side, four thousand five hundred cubits, shall be three gates: one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

35. The circumference shall be eighteen thousand cubits.And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord Is There.

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