Ezekiel · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Ezekiel 48 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And these are the names of the tribes from the northern corner, on the side of the descent that draws a line to the entrance of Hamath the palace of Aelam, the border of Damascus northward on the side of Hamath the palace; and they shall have the eastern parts as far as the sea, for Dan, one [portion].
1 “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.
2 And from the borders of Dan eastward as far as the west seacoast, for Asher, one.
2 “By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.
3 And from the borders of Asher, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Naphtali, one.
3 “By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
4 And from the borders of Naphtali, from the east as far as the west coasts, for Manasseh, one.
4 “By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
5 And from the borders of Manasseh, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Ephraim, one.
5 “By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.
6 And from the borders of Ephraim, from the eastern parts to the west coasts, for Reuben, one.
6 “By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
7 And from the borders of Reuben, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Judah, one.
7 “By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.
8 And from the borders of Judah, from the eastern parts shall be the offering of firstfruits, in breadth twenty-five thousand [reeds], and in length as one of the portions [measured] from the east even to the western parts: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of them.
8 “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.
9 [As for] the firstfruits which they shall offer to the Lord, [it shall be] in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth twenty-five thousand.
9 “The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width.
10 Out of this shall be the firstfruits of the holy things to the priests, northward, five and twenty thousand, and toward the west, ten thousand, and southward, five and twenty thousand: and the mountain of the sanctuary, shall be in the midst of it,
10 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 Yahweh shall be in the middle of it.
11 for the priests, for the consecrated sons of Zadok, who keep the charges of the house, who erred not in the error of the children of Israel, as the Levites erred.
11 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.
12 And the firstfruits shall be given to them out of the firstfruits of the land, [even] a most holy portion from the borders of the Levites.
12 It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites.
13 And the Levites [shall have] the [part], next to the borders of the priests, in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth ten thousand: the whole length [shall be] five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand.
13 “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.
14 No [part] of it shall be sold, nor measured [as for sale], neither shall the firstfruits of the land be taken away: for they are holy to the Lord.
14 They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated, for it is holy to Yahweh.
15 But [concerning] the five thousand that remain in the breadth in the five and twenty thousand, they shall be a suburb to the city for dwelling, and for a space before it: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
15 “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.
16 And these [shall be] its dimensions; from the northern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the southern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the eastern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the western side [they shall measure] four thousand five hundred.
16 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.
17 And there shall be a space to the city northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty, and eastward two hundred and fifty, and westward two hundred and fifty.
17 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.
18 And the remainder of the length that is next to the firstfruits of the holy [portion shall be] ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and they shall be the firstfruits of the sanctuary; and the fruits thereof shall be for bread to them that labor for the city.
18 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.
19 And they that labor for the city shall labor for it out of all the tribes of Israel.
19 Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
20 The whole offering [shall be] a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: ye shall separate [again part] of it, the firstfruits of the sanctuary, from the possession of the city.
20 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.
21 And the prince [shall have] the remainder on this side and on that side from the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and [there shall be] a possession of the city, for five and twenty thousand cubits in length, to the eastern and western borders, for five and twenty thousand to the western borders, next to the portions of the prince; and the firstfruits of the holy things and the sanctuary of the house [shall be] in the midst of it.
21 “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.
22 And there shall be [a portion taken] from the Levites, from the possession of the city in the midst of the princes between the borders of Judah and the borders of Benjamin, and it shall be [the portion] of the princes.
22 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.
23 And [as for] the rest of the tribes, from the eastern parts as far as the western, Benjamin [shall have] one [portion].
23 “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
24 And from the borders of Benjamin, from the eastern parts to the western, Simeon, one.
24 “By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
25 And from the borders of Simeon, from the eastern parts to the western, Issachar, one.
25 “By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
26 And from the borders of Issachar, from the eastern parts to the western, Zebulun, one.
26 “By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.
27 And from the borders of Zebulun, from the east to the western parts, Gad, one.
27 “By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.
28 And from the borders of Gad, from the eastern to the southwestern parts; his coasts shall even be from Tamar, and the water of Meribah-kadesh, for an inheritance, unto the great sea.
28 “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.
29 This is the land, which ye shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
29 “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 Yahweh.
30 And these are the goings out of the city northward, four thousand and five hundred by measure.
30 “These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure;
31 And the gates of the city [shall be] after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Reuben, one, and the gate of Judah, one, and the gate of Levi, one.
31 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.
32 And eastward four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; the gate of Joseph, one, and the gate of Benjamin, one, and the gate of Dan, one.
32 “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.
33 And southward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates; the gate of Simeon, one, and the gate of Issachar, one, and the gate of Zebulun, one.
33 “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.
34 And westward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: [and] three gates; the gate of Gad, one, and the gate of Asher, one, and the gate of Naphtali, one.
34 “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.
35 The circumference, eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city, from the day that it shall be finished, shall be the name thereof.
35 “It shall be eighteen thousand reeds in circumference; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘Yahweh is there.’
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 47:15–17; Joshua 19:40–47; Numbers 34:7–9; Numbers 13:4–15; Ezekiel 47:20
- 2 Joshua 19:24–31; Genesis 30:12–13
- 3 Joshua 19:32–39; Genesis 30:7–8
- 4 Joshua 17:1–11; Joshua 13:29–31; Genesis 30:22–24; Genesis 48:5; Genesis 48:14–20
- 5 Joshua 17:8–10; Joshua 17:14–18; Joshua 16:1–10
- 6 Joshua 13:15–21; Genesis 49:3–4; Genesis 29:32
- 7 Joshua 15:1–63; Joshua 19:9; Genesis 29:35
- 8 Isaiah 33:20–22; Ezekiel 45:1–6; Isaiah 12:6; Revelation 22:3; Revelation 21:22
- 10 Ezekiel 45:4; Ezekiel 44:28; Numbers 35:1–9; 1 Corinthians 9:13–14; Matthew 10:10
- 11 Ezekiel 40:46; Ezekiel 44:10; Matthew 24:45–46; Revelation 2:10; 2 Timothy 4:7–8
- 12 Leviticus 27:21; Ezekiel 45:4
- 13 Ezekiel 45:3; Deuteronomy 12:19; Luke 10:7; Ezekiel 45:5
- 14 Leviticus 27:28; Leviticus 27:9–10; Ezekiel 48:12; Leviticus 27:32–33; Exodus 22:29
- 15 Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 42:20; Ezekiel 22:26; 1 Timothy 3:15; Ezekiel 44:23
- 16 Revelation 21:16
- 18 Ezekiel 45:6; Nehemiah 7:46–62; Joshua 9:27; Ezra 2:43–58
- 19 Nehemiah 11:1–36; Ezekiel 45:6; 1 Kings 4:7–23
- 20 Revelation 21:16; Hebrews 12:17
- 21 Ezekiel 48:22; Ezekiel 37:24; Hosea 1:11; Ezekiel 48:8; Ezekiel 34:23–24
- 23 Joshua 18:21–28; Genesis 35:16–19; Ezekiel 48:1–7
- 24 Joshua 19:1–9; Genesis 29:33; Genesis 49:5–7
- 25 Joshua 19:17–23; Genesis 30:14–18
- 26 Joshua 19:10–16; Genesis 30:19–20
- 27 Joshua 13:24–28; Genesis 30:10–11
- 28 2 Chronicles 20:2; Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 47:19–20; Joshua 13:3; Numbers 20:1
- 29 Numbers 34:13; Ezekiel 47:13–22; Joshua 13:1–21; Numbers 34:2
- 30 Ezekiel 48:32–35; Ezekiel 48:16; Revelation 21:16
- 31 Revelation 21:12–13; Isaiah 26:1–2; Isaiah 60:11; Isaiah 54:12; Revelation 21:21
- 35 Revelation 21:3; Zechariah 2:10; Jeremiah 33:16; Revelation 22:3; Isaiah 12:6
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