Ezekiel 48:4

Overview - Ezekiel 48
1	The portions of the twelve tribes;
8	of the sanctuary;
15	of the city and suburbs;
21	and of the prince.
23	The portions of the twelve tribes.
30	The dimensions and gates of the city.

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Ezekiel 48:4 (King James Version)
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.

by the border: In this division of the Holy Land, a portion is laid out for each of the twelve tribes directly across the country, from east to west; and deducting the square of Ezekiel 48:25 Ezekiel 48:000 ; reeds, or nearly fifty miles on each side, between Judah and Benjamin, for the priests, Levites, city, and temple, with the inheritance of the prince to the east and west, (see on ch. 45:1, ) from 280 Ezekiel 280 ; miles, the length of the country from north to; south, there will remain for each tribe a portion of less than twenty miles in width, and 150 in length. This division of the land entirely differs from that which was made in the days of Joshua, in which the tribes were not only differently placed, but confused and inter-mixed; while here distinct lots are assigned to each of the twelve tribes, in a regular mathematical form. Literally such a division never took place: it seems to denote the equality of privileges which subsists among all the tribes of Believers, of whatever nation, and whatever their previous character may have been.* Manasseh.