The Portions for the Tribes
“Now these are the names of the tribes: Ezk 47:15-17Jos 19:40-471Ki 12:28-292Sa 24:2Exo 1:1-5Ezk 47:20Gen 30:3-6Jdg 18:26-29
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.
Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west. Jos 19:24-31Gen 30:12-13
Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west. Jos 19:32-39Gen 30:7-8
Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west. Jos 17:1-11Jos 13:29-31Gen 30:22-24Gen 41:51Gen 48:14-20Gen 48:5
Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west. Jos 17:8-10Jos 17:14-18Jos 16:1-10
Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west. Jos 13:15-21Gen 29:32Gen 49:3-4
Judah will have one portion bordering the territory of Reuben from east to west. Jos 15:1-63Jos 19:9Gen 29:35
The Portions for the Priests and Levites
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, 1 and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary. Ezk 45:1-6Isa 12:6Isa 33:20-222Co 6:16Col 2:9Eph 2:20-22Ezk 48:21Ezk 48:35
The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. 2
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. Ezk 45:4Ezk 44:281Co 9:13-14Jos 21:1-45Mat 10:10Num 35:1-9 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. Ezk 40:46Ezk 44:10Mat 24:45-461Pe 5:42Ti 4:7-8Ezk 43:19Ezk 44:15-16Rev 2:10 It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion 3adjacent to the territory of the Levites. Ezk 45:4Lev 27:21
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. Deu 12:19Ezk 45:3Ezk 45:5Luk 10:7 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. Lev 27:28Lev 27:9-10Exo 22:29Ezk 48:12Lev 23:20Lev 25:34Lev 27:32-33Mal 3:8-10
The Common Portion
The remaining area, 5,000 cubits 4wide 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 Ezk 42:20Ezk 45:61Ti 3:15Ezk 22:26Ezk 44:23 and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits 5on 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. Rev 21:16
The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits 6to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.
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. Ezk 45:6Ezr 2:43-58Jos 9:27Neh 7:46-62 The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel. 1Ki 4:7-23Ezk 45:6Neh 11:1-36
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. Heb 12:17Rev 21:16
The Portion for the Prince
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. Ezk 48:22Ezk 34:23-24Ezk 37:24Ezk 45:7-8Ezk 48:10Ezk 48:8Hos 1:11
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
As for the rest of the tribes: Jos 18:21-28Ezk 48:1-7Gen 35:16-19
Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.
Simeon will have one portion bordering the territory of Benjamin from east to west. Jos 19:1-9Gen 29:33Gen 49:5-7
Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west. Jos 19:17-23Gen 30:14-18
Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west. Jos 19:10-16Gen 30:19-20
And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west. Jos 13:24-28Gen 30:10-11
The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt 7and out to the Great Sea. 8 2Ch 20:2Ezk 47:15Ezk 47:19-20Ezk 47:10Gen 14:7Gen 15:18Isa 27:12Jos 13:3 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. Ezk 47:13-22Jos 13:1-21Num 34:13Num 34:2
The City Gates and Dimensions
“These will be the exits of the city: Ezk 48:16Ezk 48:32-35Rev 21:16
Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, 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. Rev 21:12-13Isa 26:1-2Isa 54:12Isa 60:11Rev 21:21Rev 21:25
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.
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.
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.
The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, 9 and from that day on the name of the city will be: Rev 21:3Zec 2:10Jer 33:16Rev 22:3Isa 12:6Jer 3:17Ezk 35:10Isa 14:32
THE LORD IS THERE. 10”