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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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Arcana Coelestia #4482

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4482. 'Behold, the land is broad and spacious before them' means extension, that is to say, of truth which is the truth of doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, dealt with just above in 4480, and from the meaning of 'broad and spacious' as extension as regards truths, and so as regards those taught by doctrine. When in the Word the measurements of something are given, it is not those measurements that are meant in the internal sense but the essential characteristics of a state that is being described. For measurements involve spatial dimensions and in the next life there are no intervals of space, as there are no periods of time, but states which correspond to these, see 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404, 4321. That being so, lengths, breadths, and heights, which are spatial measurements, mean the aspects of a state - length meaning holiness, height good, and breadth truth, see 650, 1613, 3433, 3434. This then is why 'the land is broad and spacious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church.

[2] Anyone who does not know of the existence of anything spiritual in the Word other than that which stands out in the literal sense is bound to be amazed by the statement that 'the land is broad and specious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church. But the truth of this statement may be established from places where 'breadth' is mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Asshur will go through Judah, it will deluge it and pass through and will reach even to the neck; and the outstretchings of its wings will fill the breadth of the land. Isaiah 8:8.

In David,

O Jehovah, You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have made my feet stand in a broad place. Psalms 31:8.

In the same author,

Out of my distress I called on Jah; He answered me in a broad place. Psalms 118:5.

In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation, marching' into the breadths of the earth. Habakkuk 1:6.

'Breadths' here means nothing other than the truth of the Church.

[3] The reason why breadth has this meaning is that in the spiritual world, that is, in heaven, the Lord is the centre of all, for He is the Sun there. Those in a state of good are more interior, their exact position towards the middle being determined by the character and the amount of the good present in them. This is why 'height' is used in reference to good. Those who are in a similar degree of good are also in a similar degree of truth, and so dwell so to speak at the same distance from the centre, or one might say, dwell on the same contour; and this is why 'breadth' is used in reference to truths. Therefore when a person reads the Word the angels present with him do not understand by 'breadth' anything other than truths. When in the Historical sections, for example, the ark, the altar, the temple, and the spaces outside cities are referred to, states of good and truth are perceived by the dimensions indicating the lengths, breadths, and heights of these. The same is so with the new earth, new Jerusalem, and new Temple - described in Chapters 40-47 of Ezekiel - by which heaven and a new Church are meant, as may be seen from the detailed descriptions in those chapters. So also in John where it is said of the New Jerusalem that it will be foursquare, 'its length being as great as its breadth', Revelation 21:16.

[4] Things which in the spiritual world are interior are described as those that are higher, while those that are exterior are described by those that are lower, 2148, for while in the world, no one can conceive of interior things and exterior ones in any other way, for the reason that he dwells within space and time, and things that belong to space and time have entered in among the ideas comprising his thought and have conditioned the majority of these. From this it is also evident that expressions which give the spatial measurements of things such as the height, length, and breadth of them, are in the spiritual sense expressions used to indicate the magnitude of affections for good and affections for truth.

  
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Ezekiel 40:23

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23 There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.