Ezekiel 48 - Easy To Read Version Easy To Read Version
Ezekiel 48

⁸ “The next area of land will be for a special use. This land is south of Judah’s land. This area is 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [467]} long from north to south. And from east to west, it will be as wide as the land that belongs to the other family groups. The temple will be in the middle of this section of land.

⁹ You will dedicate this land to the Lord. It will be 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits {\cf2\super [468]} wide.

¹⁰ This special area of land will be divided among the priest and Levites.

¹¹ This land is for Zadok’s descendants. These men were chosen to be my holy priests. Why? Because they continued to serve me when the other people of Israel left me. Zadok’s family did not leave me like the other people from the family group of Levi.

¹² This special share from this holy part of the land will be especially for these priests. It will be next to the land of the Levites.

¹³ “Next to the land for the priests, the Levites will have a share of the land. It will be 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [471]} long and 10,000 cubits {\cf2\super [472]} wide. They will get the full length and width of this land—25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [473]} long and 20,000 cubits {\cf2\super [474]} wide.

¹⁴ The Levites will not sell or trade any of this land. They will not be able to sell any of this land. They must not cut up this part of the country! Why? Because this land belongs to the Lord—it is very special. It is the best part of the land.

¹⁵ “There will be an area of land 5,000 cubits {\cf2\super [475]} wide by 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [476]} long that is left over from the land given to the priests and Levites. This land can be for the city, for grasslands for animals and for building houses. The common people may use this land. The city will be in the middle of it.

¹⁶ These are the city’s measure ments: The north side will be 4,500 cubits. {\cf2\super [477]} The south side will be 4,500 cubits. The east side will be 4,500 cubits. The west side will be 4,500 cubits.

¹⁷ The city will have grasslands. These grasslands will be 250 cubits {\cf2\super [478]} on the north and 250 cubits on the south. They will be 250 cubits on the east and 250 cubits on the west.

¹⁸ What is left of the length along the side of the holy area will be 10,000 cubits {\cf2\super [479]} on the east and 10,000 cubits on the west. This land will be along the side of the holy area. This land will grow food for the city workers.

¹⁹ The city workers will till this land. The workers will be from all the family groups of Israel.

^20-27 “This special area of land will be square. It will be 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [480]} long by 25,000 cubits wide. You must set apart this area for its special purposes. One part is for the priests. One part is for the Levites. And one part is for the city.

²⁸ “The south border of Gad’s land will go from Tamar to the Oasis of Meribah-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.

²⁹ And that is the land that you will divide among the family groups of Israel. That is what each group will get.” The Lord my Master said these things!

³⁰ “These are the gates of the city. The gates will be named for the family groups of Israel.

³¹ There will be three gates: Reuben’s Gate, Judah’s Gate, and Levi’s Gate.

³² “The east side of the city will be 4,500 cubits {\cf2\super [483]} long. There will be three gates: Joseph’s Gate, Benjamin’s Gate, and Dan’s Gate.

³³ “The south side of the city will be 4,500 cubits {\cf2\super [484]} long. There will be three gates: Simeon’s Gate, Issachar’s Gate, and Zebulun’s Gate.

³⁴ “The west side of the city will be 4,500 cubits {\cf2\super [485]} long. There will be three gates: Gad’s Gate, Asher’s Gate, and Naphtali’s Gate.

³⁵ “The distance around the city will be 18,000 cubits. {\cf2\super [486]} From now on, the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE. {\cf2\super [487]}