Text -- Ezekiel 48:1-14 (NET)

The Tribal Portions

48:1 “These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion. 48:2 Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher will have one portion. 48:3 Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west, Naphtali will have one portion. 48:4 Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion. 48:5 Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion. 48:6 Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west, Reuben will have one portion. 48:7 Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west, Judah will have one portion. 48:8 “Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it. 48:9 The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. 48:10 These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle. 48:11 This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did. 48:12 It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites. 48:13 “Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. 48:14 They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 48:2

¹ sn The tribes descended from Jacob’s maidservants are placed farthest from the sanctuary. See Gen 30.

NET Notes: Eze 48:7

¹ sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12).

NET Notes: Eze 48:8

¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

NET Notes: Eze 48:9

¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

² tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

NET Notes: Eze 48:10

¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

² tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

³ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

NET Notes: Eze 48:11

¹ tn Heb “strayed off.”

NET Notes: Eze 48:13

¹ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

² tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

⁴ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

NET Notes: Eze 48:14

¹ tn Or “holy.”