Ezekiel 46-48 - Prayer Tents

46“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The east gateway of the inner courtyard will be closed during the six workdays each week, but it will be open on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.H559H136H3069H8179H6442H2691H6437H6921H5462H8337H4639H3117H7676H3117H6605H3117H2320H6605 2The prince will enter the entry room of the gateway from the outside. Then he will stand by the gatepost while the priest offers his burnt offering and peace offering. He will bow down in worship inside the gateway passage and then go back out the way he came. The gateway will not be closed until evening.H5387H935H1870H197H8179H2351H5975H4201H8179H3548H6213H5930H8002H7812H4670H8179H3318H8179H5462H6153 3The common people will bow down and worship the Lord in front of this gateway on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.H5971H776H7812H6607H8179H6440H3068H7676H2320 4“Each Sabbath day the prince will present to the Lord a burnt offering of six lambs and one ram, all with no defects.H5930H5387H7126H3068H7676H3117H8337H3532H8549H352H8549 5He will present a grain offering of a basket of choice flour to go with the ram and whatever amount of flour he chooses to go with each lamb, and he is to offer one gallon of olive oil for each basket of flour.H4503H374H352H4503H3532H3027H4991H1969H8081H374 6At the new moon celebrations, he will bring one young bull, six lambs, and one ram, all with no defects.H3117H2320H1121H1241H6499H8549H8337H3532H352H8549 7With the young bull he must bring a basket of choice flour for a grain offering. With the ram he must bring another basket of flour. And with each lamb he is to bring whatever amount of flour he chooses to give. With each basket of flour he must offer one gallon of olive oil.H6213H4503H374H6499H374H352H3532H3027H5381H1969H8081H374 8“The prince must enter the gateway through the entry room, and he must leave the same way.H5387H935H935H1870H197H8179H3318H1870 9But when the people come in through the north gateway to worship the Lord during the religious festivals, they must leave by the south gateway. And those who entered through the south gateway must leave by the north gateway. They must never leave by the same gateway they came in, but must always use the opposite gateway.H5971H776H935H6440H3068H4150H935H1870H6828H8179H7812H3318H1870H5045H8179H935H1870H5045H8179H3318H1870H6828H8179H7725H1870H8179H935H3318H5226 10The prince will enter and leave with the people on these occasions.H5387H8432H935H935H3318H3318 11“So at the special feasts and sacred festivals, the grain offering will be a basket of choice flour with each young bull, another basket of flour with each ram, and as much flour as the prince chooses to give with each lamb. Give one gallon of olive oil with each basket of flour.H2282H4150H4503H374H6499H374H352H3532H3027H4991H1969H8081H374 12When the prince offers a voluntary burnt offering or peace offering to the Lord, the east gateway to the inner courtyard will be opened for him, and he will offer his sacrifices as he does on Sabbath days. Then he will leave, and the gateway will be shut behind him.H5387H6213H5071H5930H8002H5071H3068H6605H8179H6437H6921H6213H5930H8002H6213H7676H3117H3318H310H3318H5462H8179 13“Each morning you must sacrifice a one-year-old lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the Lord.H3117H6213H5930H3068H3532H1121H8141H8549H6213H1242H1242 14With the lamb, a grain offering must also be given to the Lord—about three quarts of flour with a third of a gallon of olive oil to moisten the choice flour. This will be a permanent law for you.H6213H4503H1242H8345H374H7992H1969H8081H7450H5560H4503H8548H5769H2708H3068 15The lamb, the grain offering, and the olive oil must be given as a daily sacrifice every morning without fail.H6213H6213H3532H4503H8081H1242H8548H5930 16“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: If the prince gives a gift of land to one of his sons as his inheritance, it will belong to him and his descendants forever.H559H136H3069H5387H5414H4979H376H1121H5159H1121H272H5159 17But if the prince gives a gift of land from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it only until the Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year. At that time the land will return to the prince. But when the prince gives gifts to his sons, those gifts will be permanent.H5414H4979H5159H259H5650H8141H1865H7725H5387H5159H1121 18And the prince may never take anyone’s property by force. If he gives property to his sons, it must be from his own land, for I do not want any of my people unjustly evicted from their property.”H5387H3947H5971H5159H3238H3238H272H1121H5157H272H5971H6327H376H272

The Temple Kitchens

19In my vision, the man brought me through the entrance beside the gateway and led me to the sacred rooms assigned to the priests, which faced toward the north. He showed me a place at the extreme west end of these rooms.H935H3996H3802H8179H6944H3957H3548H6437H6828H4725H3411H3220 20He explained, “This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”H559H4725H3548H1310H817H2403H644H4503H3318H2435H2691H6942H5971 21Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure.H3318H2435H2691H5674H702H4740H2691H4740H4740H2691H2691H2691 22Each of these enclosures was 70 feet long and 52 1/2 feet wide, surrounded by walls.H702H4740H2691H2691H7000H705H753H7970H7341H702H7106H259H4060 23Along the inside of these walls was a ledge of stone with fireplaces under the ledge all the way around.H2905H5439H5439H702H6213H4018H2918H5439 24The man said to me, “These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people.”H559H1004H1310H8334H1004H1310H2077H5971

The River of Healing

47In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.H7725H6607H1004H4325H3318H4670H1004H6921H6440H1004H6921H4325H3381H3233H3802H1004H5045H41962The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the water flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.H3318H1870H8179H6828H5437H1870H2351H8179H1870H6437H6921H6379H4325H3233H38023Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles.H376H6957H3027H3318H6921H4058H505H520H5674H4325H4325H6574He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist.H4058H505H5674H4325H4325H1290H4058H505H5674H4325H49755Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to walk across. It was deep enough to swim in, but too deep to walk through.H4058H505H5158H3201H5674H4325H1342H4325H7813H5158H56746He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank.H559H1121H120H7200H3212H7725H8193H51587When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.H7725H8193H5158H3966H7227H60868Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea. The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure.H559H4325H3318H6930H1552H3381H6160H935H3220H3318H3220H4325H74959There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows.H5315H2416H8317H5158H935H2421H3966H7227H1710H4325H935H7495H2425H5158H93510Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.H1728H5975H5975H5872H5882H4894H2764H1710H4327H1710H1419H3220H3966H722711But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.H1207H1360H7495H5414H441712Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”H5158H8193H5927H6086H3978H5929H5034H6529H8552H1069H2320H4325H3318H4720H6529H3978H5929H8644

Boundaries for the Land

13This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Divide the land in this way for the twelve tribes of Israel: The descendants of Joseph will be given two shares of land.H559H136H3069H1454H1366H5157H776H8147H6240H7626H3478H3130H225614Otherwise each tribe will receive an equal share. I took a solemn oath and swore that I would give this land to your ancestors, and it will now come to you as your possession.H5157H376H251H5375H3027H5414H1H776H5307H515915“These are the boundaries of the land: The northern border will run from the Mediterranean toward Hethlon, then on through Lebo-hamath to Zedad;H1366H776H6828H6285H1419H3220H1870H2855H935H665716then it will run to Berothah and Sibraim, which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath, and finally to Hazer-hatticon, on the border of Hauran.H2574H1268H5453H1366H1834H1366H2574H2694H1366H236217So the northern border will run from the Mediterranean to Hazar-enan, on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south.H1366H3220H2703H1366H1834H6828H6828H1366H2574H6828H628518“The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea and as far south as Tamar. This will be the eastern border.H6921H6285H4058H996H2362H996H1834H996H1568H996H776H3478H3383H1366H6931H3220H6921H628519“The southern border will go west from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and then follow the course of the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. This will be the southern border.H5045H6285H8486H8559H4325H4808H4809H6946H5158H1419H3220H8486H6285H504520“On the west side, the Mediterranean itself will be your border from the southern border to the point where the northern border begins, opposite Lebo-hamath.H3220H6285H1419H3220H1366H935H5227H2574H3220H628521“Divide the land within these boundaries among the tribes of Israel.H2505H776H7626H347822Distribute the land as an allotment for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined you and are raising their families among you. They will be like native-born Israelites to you and will receive an allotment among the tribes.H5307H5159H1616H1481H8432H3205H1121H8432H249H249H1121H3478H5307H5159H8432H7626H347823These foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!H7626H1616H1481H5414H5159H5002H136H3069

Division of the Land

48“Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan’s territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west.H8034H7626H6828H7097H3027H1870H2855H935H2574H2704H1366H1834H6828H3027H2574H6285H6921H3220H259H1835 2“Asher’s territory lies south of Dan’s and also extends from east to west.H1366H1835H6921H6285H3220H6285H259H836 3Naphtali’s land lies south of Asher’s, also extending from east to west.H1366H836H6921H6285H3220H6285H259H5321 4Then comes Manasseh south of Naphtali, and its territory also extends from east to west.H1366H5321H6921H6285H3220H6285H259H4519 5South of Manasseh is Ephraim,H1366H4519H6921H6285H3220H6285H259H669 6and then Reuben,H1366H669H6921H6285H3220H6285H259H7205 7and then Judah, all of whose boundaries extend from east to west.H1366H7205H6921H6285H3220H6285H259H3063 8“South of Judah is the land set aside for a special purpose. It will be 8 1/3 miles wide and will extend as far east and west as the tribal territories, with the Temple at the center.H1366H3063H6921H6285H3220H6285H8641H7311H2568H6242H505H7341H753H259H2506H6921H6285H3220H6285H4720H8432 9“The area set aside for the Lord’s Temple will be 8 1/3 miles long and 6 2/3 miles wide.H8641H7311H3068H2568H6242H505H753H6235H505H7341 10For the priests there will be a strip of land measuring 8 1/3 miles long by 3 1/3 miles wide, with the Lord’s Temple at the center.H3548H6944H8641H6828H2568H6242H505H3220H6235H505H7341H6921H6235H505H7341H5045H2568H6242H505H753H4720H3068H8432 11This area is set aside for the ordained priests, the descendants of Zadok who served me faithfully and did not go astray with the people of Israel and the rest of the Levites.H3548H6942H1121H6659H8104H4931H8582H1121H3478H8582H3881H8582 12It will be their special portion when the land is distributed, the most sacred land of all. Next to the priests’ territory will lie the land where the other Levites will live.H8642H776H8641H6944H6944H1366H3881 13“The land allotted to the Levites will be the same size and shape as that belonging to the priests—8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide. Together these portions of land will measure 8 1/3 miles long by 6 2/3 miles wide.H5980H1366H3548H3881H2568H6242H505H753H6235H505H7341H753H2568H6242H505H7341H6235H505 14None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the Lord; it is set apart as holy.H4376H4171H5674H5674H7225H776H6944H3068 15“An additional strip of land 8 1/3 miles long by 1 2/3 miles wide, south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use—homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center.H2568H505H3498H7341H6440H2568H6242H505H2455H5892H4186H4054H5892H8432 16The city will measure 1 1/2 miles on each side—north, south, east, and west.H4060H6828H6285H702H505H2568H3967H5045H6285H702H505H2568H3967H6921H6285H702H505H2568H3967H3220H6285H702H505H2568H2568H3967 17Open lands will surround the city for 150 yards in every direction.H4054H5892H6828H3967H2572H5045H3967H2572H6921H3967H2572H3220H3967H2572 18Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3 1/3 miles to the east and 3 1/3 miles to the west along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city.H3498H753H5980H8641H6944H6235H505H6921H6235H505H3220H5980H8641H6944H8393H3899H5647H5892 19Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it.H5647H5892H5647H7626H3478 20This entire area—including the sacred lands and the city—is a square that measures 8 1/3 miles on each side.H8641H2568H6242H505H2568H6242H505H7311H6944H8641H7243H272H5892 21“The areas that remain, to the east and to the west of the sacred lands and the city, will belong to the prince. Each of these areas will be 8 1/3 miles wide, extending in opposite directions to the eastern and western borders of Israel, with the sacred lands and the sanctuary of the Temple in the center.H3498H5387H6944H8641H272H5892H6440H2568H6242H505H8641H6921H1366H3220H6440H2568H6242H505H3220H1366H5980H2506H5387H6944H8641H4720H1004H8432 22So the prince’s land will include everything between the territories allotted to Judah and Benjamin, except for the areas set aside for the sacred lands and the city.H272H3881H272H5892H8432H5387H1366H3063H1366H1144H5387 23“These are the territories allotted to the rest of the tribes. Benjamin’s territory lies just south of the prince’s lands, and it extends across the entire land of Israel from east to west.H3499H7626H6921H6285H3220H6285H1144H259 24South of Benjamin’s territory lies that of Simeon, also extending across the land from east to west.H1366H1144H6921H6285H3220H6285H8095H259 25Next is the territory of Issachar with the same eastern and western boundaries.H1366H8095H6921H6285H3220H6285H3485H259 26“Then comes the territory of Zebulun, which also extends across the land from east to west.H1366H3485H6921H6285H3220H6285H2074H259 27The territory of Gad is just south of Zebulun with the same borders to the east and west.H1366H2074H6921H6285H3220H6285H1410H259 28The southern border of Gad runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and then follows the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean.H1366H1410H5045H6285H8486H1366H8559H4325H4808H4809H6946H5158H1419H3220 29“These are the allotments that will be set aside for each tribe’s exclusive possession. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!H776H5307H7626H3478H5159H4256H5002H136H3069

The Gates of the City

30“These will be the exits to the city: On the north wall, which is 1 1/2 miles long,H8444H5892H6828H6285H702H505H2568H3967H4060 31there will be three gates, each one named after a tribe of Israel. The first will be named for Reuben, the second for Judah, and the third for Levi.H8179H5892H8034H7626H3478H7969H8179H6828H259H8179H7205H259H8179H3063H259H8179H3878 32On the east wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, the gates will be named for Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan.H6921H6285H702H505H2568H3967H7969H8179H259H8179H3130H259H8179H1144H259H8179H1835 33The south wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, will have gates named for Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun.H5045H6285H702H505H2568H3967H4060H7969H8179H259H8179H8095H259H8179H3485H259H8179H2074 34And on the west wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, the gates will be named for Gad, Asher, and Naphtali.H3220H6285H702H505H2568H3967H7969H8179H259H8179H1410H259H8179H836H259H8179H5321 35“The distance around the entire city will be 6 miles. And from that day the name of the city will be ‘The Lord Is There.’”H5439H8083H6240H505H8034H5892H3117H3074