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Ezekiel 48:31 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. "
Ezekiel 48:31
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This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
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Ezekiel 48:1
"Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan."
Ezekiel 48:2
"And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher."
Ezekiel 48:3
"And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali."
Ezekiel 48:4
"And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh."
Ezekiel 48:5
"And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim."
Ezekiel 48:6
"And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben."
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