The City Gates

30 “These are the exits of the city: on the (A)north side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, 31 (a)shall be the gates of the city, (b)(B)named for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. 32 On the east side, 4,500 cubits, (c)shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. 33 On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, (d)shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one. 34 On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. 35 The city shall be 18,000 cubits round about; and the (C)name of the city from that day shall be, ‘(e)The (D)Lord is there.’”

Footnotes:

a. Ezekiel 48:31: ['Lit ', and]
b. Ezekiel 48:31: ['Lit ', according to the names of]
c. Ezekiel 48:32: ['Lit ', and]
d. Ezekiel 48:33: ['Lit ', and]
e. Ezekiel 48:35: ['Heb ', YHWH-shammah]

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