The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel: The Challoner Revision
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 31: Ezechiel: The Challoner Revision
Bible. Ezekiel
48:21. And the residue shall be for the prince on every side of the
firstfruits of the sanctuary, and of the possession of the city over
against the five and twenty thousand of the firstfruits unto the east
border: toward the sea also over against the five and twenty thousand,
unto the border of the sea, shall likewise be the portion of the prince:
and the firstfruits of the sanctuary, and the sanctuary of the temple
shall be in the midst thereof.
48:22. And from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession
of the city which are in the midst of the prince's portions: what shall
be to the border of Juda, and to the border of Benjamin, shall also
belong to the prince.
48:23. And for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west
side, one portion for Benjamin.
48:24. And over against the border of Benjamin, from the east side to
the west side, one portion for Simeon.
48:25. And by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side,
one portion for Issachar.
48:26. And by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west
side, one portion for Zabulon.
48:27. And by the border of Zabulon, from the east side to the side of
the sea, one portion for Gad.
48:28. And by the border of Gad, the south side southward: and the
border shall be from Thamar, even to the waters of contradiction of
Cades, the inheritance over against the great sea.
48:29. This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of
Israel: and these are the portions of them, saith the Lord God.
48:30. And these are the goings out of the city: on the north side thou
shalt measure four thousand and five hundred.
48:31. And the gates of the city according to the name, of the tribes of
Israel, three gates on the north side, the gate of Ruben one, the gate
of Juda one, the gate of Levi one.
48:32. And at the east side, four thousand and five hundred: and three
gates, the gate of Joseph one, the gate of Benjamin one, the gate of Dan
one.
48:33. And at the south side, thou shalt measure four thousand and five
hundred and three gates, the gate of Simeon one, the gate of Issachar
one, the gate of Zabulon one.
48:34. And at the west side, four thousand and five hundred, and their
three gates, the gate of Gad one, the gate of Aser one, the gate of
Nephthali one.
48:35. Its circumference was eighteen thousand: and the name of the city
from that day, The Lord is there.
The Lord is there.... This name is here given to the city, that is, to
the church of Christ: because the Lord is always with her till the end
of the world. Matt. 28.20.
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