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Ezekiel 48

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1 And these are the names of the tribes. From the end toward the north to the space on the way of Hethlon, as one comes to Hamath, Chazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the space of Hamath; and these are its quarters on the east and the sea; Dan is one.

2 And on the border of Dan, from the eastern quarter even·​·to the quarter of the sea, Asher is one.

3 And on the border of Asher, from the eastern quarter and even·​·to the quarter of the sea, Naphtali is one.

4 And on the border of Naphtali, from the quarter toward the east even·​·to the quarter of the sea, Manasseh is one.

5 And on the border of Manasseh, from the quarter toward the east even·​·to the quarter of the sea, Ephraim is one.

6 And on the border of Ephraim, from the quarter of the east and even·​·to the quarter toward the sea, Reuben is one.

7 And on the border of Reuben, from the quarter of the east even·​·to the quarter of the sea, Judah is one.

8 And on the border of Judah, from the east quarter even·​·to the west quarter, shall be the uplifting which you shall lift·​·up of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east quarter even·​·to the west quarter; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

9 The uplifting that you shall lift·​·up to Jehovah shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

10 And for these, even for the priests, shall be this holy uplifting; toward the north five and twenty thousand, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length; and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst of it.

11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who went· not ·astray when the sons of Israel went·​·astray, as the Levites went·​·astray.

12 And this uplifting of the land that is lifted up shall be unto them a holy of holies at the border of the Levites.

13 And alongside the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth; all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

14 And they shall not sell of it, and shall not exchange, and shall not pass·​·by the beginnings of the land; for it is holy to Jehovah.

15 And the five thousand, that remain in the breadth on the faces of the five and twenty thousand, it shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs*; and the city shall be in its midst.

16 And these shall be her measures: the north quarter four thousand and five hundred, and the south quarter four thousand and five hundred, and from the east quarter four thousand and five hundred, and the quarter toward the sea, four thousand and five hundred.

17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north fifty and two·​·hundred, and toward the south fifty and two·​·hundred, and toward the east fifty and two·​·hundred, and toward the sea fifty and two·​·hundred.

18 And the remainder in length alongside the uplifting of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be alongside the uplifting of the holy portion; and its increase shall be for bread for those who serve the city.

19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out·​·of all the tribes of Israel.

20 All the uplifting shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; you shall lift·​·up the holy uplifting foursquare, in the possession of the city.

21 And the remainder shall be for the chief, on this side and on that side of the holy uplifting, and for the possession of the city, facing the five and twenty thousand of the uplifting until the border eastward, and westward on the faces of the five and twenty thousand on the border westward, alongside the parts for the chief; and it shall be the holy uplifting; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst.

22 And from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, in the midst of that which is for the chief, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the chief.

23 And the remainder of the tribes, from the quarter toward the east even·​·to the quarter toward the sea, Benjamin is one.

24 And on the border of Benjamin, from the quarter toward the east even·​·to the quarter toward the sea, Simeon is one.

25 And on the border of Simeon, from the quarter toward the east even·​·to the quarter toward the sea, Issachar is one.

26 And on the border of Issachar, from the quarter toward the east even·​·to the quarter toward the sea, Zebulun is one.

27 And on the border of Zebulun, from the quarter toward the east even·​·to the quarter toward the sea, Gad is one.

28 And on the border of Gad, to the quarter of the south southward, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, the inheritance on the great sea.

29 This is the land which you shall allot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their partitions, says the Lord Jehovih*.

30 And these are the outgoings of the city from the north quarter, five hundred and four thousand measures.

31 And the gates of the city shall be concerning the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward: the gate of Reuben is one, the gate of Judah is one, the gate of Levi is one.

32 And to the quarter eastward five hundred and four thousand; and the gates are three, and the gate of Joseph is one, the gate of Benjamin is one, the gate of Dan is one.

33 And the quarter southward is five hundred and four thousand measures; and the gates are three: the gate of Simeon is one, the gate of Issachar is one, the gate of Zebulun is one.

34 The quarter toward the sea is five hundred and four thousand; their gates are three: the gate of Gad is one, the gate of Asher is one, the gate of Naphtali is one.

35 It was all around eighteen thousand measures; and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah-shammah*.

   


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True Christian Religion # 157

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157. Since a person's spirit means his mind, 'being in the spirit', a phrase which occurs a number of times in the Word, means the state in which the mind is separated from the body. That was the state the Prophets were in when they saw the kind of things which happen in the spiritual world, so it is called 'the vision of God.' They were then in the same state as that of the spirits and angels of that world. In that state a person's spirit, as the visual capacity of his mind, can be transported from place to place while his body remains in one place. This is the state in which I have been for the last twenty-six years, with the difference that I have been simultaneously in the spirit and in the body, and only at times outside the body. Ezekiel, Zechariah, Daniel and John the writer of Revelation were evident from the following passages.

Ezekiel says: 'A spirit lifted me up, and brought me back to Chaldaea to the captives in a vision, in the spirit of God; so the vision which I had seen went up from me' (Ezekiel 11:1, 24). A spirit lifted him up and he heard behind him an earthquake (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). A spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, and carried him off to Jerusalem, and he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3ff). He saw four creatures, which were Cherubim, and various sights with them (Ezek. chapters 1, 10); also a new earth and a new temple, and an angel measuring them (Ezek. chapters 40-48). He was then in receipt of a vision and in the spirit (Ezekiel 40:2; 13:5).

[2] Similar things happened to Zechariah, when he was with an angel and saw a man riding a horse among myrtles (Zechariah 1:8ff); four horns [Zechariah 1:18] and a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 2:1, 5ff); Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff); four chariots coming out between two mountains, and their horses (Zechariah 6:1ff). Daniel was in the same state when he saw four beasts coming up out of the sea and various other details about them (Daniel 7:1ff); the fights between a ram and a he-goat (Daniel 8:1ff). He saw these things in a vision (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8); the angel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision and spoke with him (Daniel 9:21).

[3] It was the same with John when he wrote Revelation. He says that he was in the spirit on the Lord's day (Revelation 1:10); that he was carried in the spirit into the desert (Revelation 17:3); onto a high mountain in the spirit (Revelation 21:10); that he saw [horses] in a vision (Revelation 9:17). Elsewhere he says that he saw what he described, as for instance the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands; a tabernacle, a temple, an ark and an altar in heaven; a book sealed with seven seals, and horses that came out of it; four creatures around the throne; twelve thousand chosen from each tribe; then the Lamb upon Mount Zion; locusts coming up from the abyss; the dragon and his battle with Michael; a woman bearing a son, and fleeing into the desert because of the dragon; two beasts, one coming up from the sea, the other from the earth; a woman sitting on a scarlet beast; the dragon cast out into a lake of fire and brimstone; a white horse and a great banquet; the Holy City of Jerusalem coming down, with a description of its gates, wall and the foundations of the wall; a river of living water, and trees of life which bear fruit in every month; and much else besides. Peter, James and John were in a similar state when they saw Jesus transfigured; and so was Paul when he heard from heaven things past telling.

  
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