The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Ezekiel 48:19 (NIV)

The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel.

 

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Ezekiel 48:20 (NIV)

The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion,
along with the property of the city.

 

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Ezekiel 48:21 (NIV)

‘What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince.
It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000
cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the
sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the centre of them.

 

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Ezekiel 48:22 (NIV)

So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the centre of the area that belongs to the prince.
The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.

 

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Ezekiel 48:23 (NIV)

‘As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.

 

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Ezekiel 48:24 (NIV)

‘Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.

 

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Ezekiel 48:25 (NIV)

‘Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.

 

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Ezekiel 48:26 (NIV)

‘Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.

 

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Ezekiel 48:27 (NIV)

‘Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

 

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Ezekiel 48:28 (NIV)

‘The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt
to the Mediterranean Sea.

 

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Ezekiel 48:29 (NIV)

‘This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.

 

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Ezekiel 48:30 (NIV)

‘These will be the exits of the city: beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long,

 

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Ezekiel 48:31 (NIV)

the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben,
the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.

 

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Ezekiel 48:32 (NIV)

‘On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.

 

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Ezekiel 48:33 (NIV)

‘On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.

 

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Ezekiel 48:34 (NIV)

‘On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.

 

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Ezekiel 48:35 (NIV)

‘The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.

‘And the name of the city from that time on will be:

THE LORD IS THERE​

 

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Daniel​

Daniel 1:1 (NIV)

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

 

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Daniel 1:2 (NIV)

And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God.
These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure-house of his god.

 

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Daniel 1:3 (NIV)

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the
royal family and the nobility –