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Comparative Listings of the Tribes of Israel

Genesis
35:22-25
Genesis
49:3-28
Exodus
1:1-5
Numbers 1:3-15 Numbers 1:16-50 Numbers 25:5-62 Deut.
27:12-13
Deut. 33:7-26 Judges 5:12-19 I Chron. 2:1-2 Ezekiel 47:13-48:30 Ezekiel 48:31-35

Revelation
7:4-8

                         
Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben Reuben
Simeon Simeon Simeon Simeon Simeon Simeon Simeon     Simeon Simeon Simeon Simeon
Levi Levi Levi     Levi Levi Levi   Levi Levi Levi Levi
Judah Judah Judah Judah Judah Judah Judah Judah   Judah Judah Judah Judah
Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar Issachar
Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun Zebulun
Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin
Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan  
Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali Naphtali
Gad Gad Gad Gad Gad Gad Gad Gad   Gad Gad Gad Gad
Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher Asher
Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph   Joseph Joseph Joseph Joseph
      Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim   Ephraim Ephraim   Ephraim    
      Manasseh Manasseh Manasseh   Manasseh     Manasseh   Manasseh
 

Genesis 35:22-25 - 22And it came to pass, when Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve; 23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun; 24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin; 25And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant; Dan, and Naphtali; 26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant; Gad, and Asher; these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padan-Aram.

Genesis 49:3-28 - 3. Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power; 4. Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed; then defiled you it; he went up to my couch. 5. Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are their swords. 6. O my soul, do not come into their council; to their assembly, let my honor not be united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in their wanton will they lamed an ox. 7. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8. Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your father’s children shall bow down in your presence. 9. Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, you are gone up; he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10. The staff shall not depart from Judah, nor the scepter from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him shall the obedience of the people be. 11. Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass’s colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes; 12. His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13. Zebulun shall live at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be to Sidon. 14. Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens; 15. And he saw that resting was good, and that the land was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute. 16. Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18. I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. 19. Gad, a troop shall overcome him; but he shall overcome at the last. 20. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 21. Naphtali is a hind let loose; he gives goodly words. 22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall; 23. The archers fiercely attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him; 24. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel; 25. By the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb; 26. The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. 27. Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the booty. 28. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is it what their father spoke to them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Exodus 1:1-5 - 1And these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came to Egypt, with Jacob, every man with his household. 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5And all the souls who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Numbers 1:3-15 - 3From twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel; you and Aaron shall count them by their armies. 4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one chief of the house of his fathers. 5And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you; from the tribe of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6From Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7. From Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8From Issachar: Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9From Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. 10From the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11From Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12From Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13From Asher: Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14From Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15From Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.

Numbers 1:16-50 - 16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, chiefs of thousands in Israel. 17And Moses and Aaron took these men who were pointed out by their names. 18And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they registered by families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19As the Lord commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20And the sons of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 21Those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty six thousand and five hundred. 22From the sons of Simeon, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, those who were counted of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 23Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Simeon, were fifty nine thousand and three hundred. 24From the children of Gad, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 25Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Gad, were forty five thousand six hundred and fifty. 26From the sons of Judah, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 27Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Judah, were seventy four thousand and six hundred. 28From the sons of Issachar, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of then names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 29Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Issachar, were fifty four thousand and four hundred. 30From the sons of Zebulun, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 31Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty seven thousand and four hundred. 32From the sons of Joseph, namely, from the sons of Ephraim, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 33Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34From the sons of Manasseh, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 35Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty two thousand and two hundred. 36From the sons of Benjamin, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 37Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty five thousand and four hundred. 38From the sons of Dan, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 39Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Dan, were sixty two thousand and seven hundred. 40From the sons of Asher, by their generations, according to their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 41Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Asher, were forty one thousand and five hundred. 42From the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war; 43Those who were counted of them, from the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty three thousand and four hundred. 44These are those who were counted, which Moses and Aaron counted, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men; each one was for the house of his fathers. 45So were all those who were counted of the people of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war in Israel; 46All those who were counted were six hundred three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not counted among them. 48For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying, 49Only shall you not count the tribe of Levi, nor take a census of them among the people of Israel; 50But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of Testimony, and over all its utensils, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its utensils; and they shall minister to it, and shall camp around the tabernacle. 

Numbers 25: 5-62 - 5Reuben, the eldest son of Israel; the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, from whom comes the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the alluites; 6From Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were counted of them were forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, who were regularly summoned to the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord; 10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, the time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign. 11And the sons of Korah did not die. 12The sons of Simeon according to their families; from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; 13From Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; from Saul, the family of the Saulites. 14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty two thousand and two hundred. 15The sons of Gad according to their families; from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 16From Ozni, the family of the Oznites; from Eri, the family of the Erites; 17From Arod, the family of the Arodites; from Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20And the sons of Judah according to their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 21And the sons of Perez were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy six thousand and five hundred. 23From the sons of Issachar according to their families; from Tola, the family of the Tolaites; from Puva, the family of the Punites; 24From Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; from Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25These are the families of Issachar according to those who were counted of them, sixty four thousand and three hundred. 26From the sons of Zebulun according to their families; of Sered, the family of the Sardites; from Elon, the family of the Elonites; from Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted of them, sixty thousand and five hundred. 28The sons of Joseph according to their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29From the sons of Manasseh; from Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead; from Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30These are the sons of Gilead; from Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31And from Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and from Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 32And from Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and from Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34These are the families of Manasseh, and those who were counted of them, fifty two thousand and seven hundred. 35These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families; from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Becher, the family of the Becherites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36And these are the sons of Shuthelah; from Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families. 38The sons of Benjamin according to their families; from Belah, the family of the Belahites; from Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39From Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40And the sons of Belah were Ard and Naaman; from Ard, the family of the Ardites; and from Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41. These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty five thousand and six hundred. 42These are the sons of Dan according to their families; from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families. 43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were counted of them, were sixty four thousand and four hundred. 44From the sons of Asher according to their families; from Jimnah, the family of the Jimnites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites. 45From the sons of Beriah; from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were counted of them; who were fifty three thousand and four hundred. 48From the sons of Naphtali according to their families; from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49. From Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty five thousand and four hundred. 51These were the counted of the people of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 53To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54To the more numerous you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give a smaller inheritance; to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those who were counted by him. 55However the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56According to the lot its possession shall be divided between many and few. 57And these are those who were counted of the Levites according to their families; from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; from Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58These are the families of the Levites; the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath fathered Amram. 59And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60And to Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord. 62And those who were counted of them were twenty three thousand, all males from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 27:12-13 - 12 These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are come over the Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin; 13 And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 33:7-26 - 6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7And this is the blessing of Judah; and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; let his hands be sufficient for him; and be you a help to him from his enemies. 8And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your pious one, whom you did test at Massah, and with whom you fought at the waters of Meribah; 9Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; nor did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children; for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant. 10They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your Torah; they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar. 11Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; strike through the loins of those who rise against him, and of those who hate him, that they rise not again. 12And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall live in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall live between his shoulders. 13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couches beneath, 14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16And for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, and for the good will of him who lived in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers. 17The firstling of his herd, grandeur is his, and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents. 19They shall call the people to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hidden in the sand. 20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad; he lives as a lion, and tears the arm with the crown of the head. 21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 22And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s cub; he shall leap from Bashan. 23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the Lord; possess you the west and the south. 24And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25Your shoes shall be iron and bronze; and as your days, so shall your strength be.

Judges 5:12-19 - 12Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam. 13Then he made him who remains have dominion over the nobles among the people; the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. 14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after you, Benjamin with your tribes; from Machir came down leaders, of Zebulun those who handle the marshal’s staff. 15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; Issachar, and also Barak; into the valley they rushed forth, at his feet. In the divisions of Reuben great were the resolves. 16Why then did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the bleating of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 17Gilead dwells beyond the Jordan; and why did Dan remain by the ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode by his bays. 18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives to the death, and Naphtali likewise, on the high places of the field. 19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of silver;

I Chronicles 2:1-2 - 1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Ezekiel 47:13-48:30 - 13. Thus says the Lord God: This shall be the border, according to which you shall divide the land for inheritance to the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions. 14. And you shall inherit it, one as well as another; concerning which I raised my hand to give it to your fathers; and this land shall fall to you for inheritance. 15. And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the Great Sea, by the way of Hethlon, as you go to Zedad; 16. Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; middle Hazar, which is by the coast of Hauran. 17. And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. 18. And the east side you shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and between the land of Israel and the Jordan, from the border to the east sea. And this is the east side. 19. And the south side southward, from Tamar to the waters of Meribot-Kadesh, to the river, as far as the Great Sea. And this is south side towards the Negev. 20. The west side also shall be the Great Sea from the border, as far as opposite the entrance to Hamath. This is the west side. 21. And you shall divide this land for yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22. And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the foreigners who sojourn among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as those born in the country among the people of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23. And it shall come to pass, that in whatever tribe the foreigner sojourns, there shall you give him his inheritance, says the Lord God.
(48) 1. And these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goes to Hamath, Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. 2. And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Asher. 3. And by the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Naphtali. 4. And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Manasseh. 5. And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Ephraim. 6. And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Reuben. 7. And by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Judah. 8. And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer of twenty five thousand reeds in width, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. 9. The portion that you shall designate to the Lord shall be of twenty five thousand in length, and of ten thousand in width. 10. And for them, for the priests, shall be this holy portion; toward the north twenty five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst. 11. It shall belong to the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; who have kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the other Levites went astray. 12. And it shall be to them a section set apart from the designated portion of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites. 13. And opposite the border of the priests the Levites shall have twenty five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width; all the length shall be twenty five thousand, and the width ten thousand. 14. And they shall not sell any of it, nor exchange, nor alienate that choice portion of the land; for it is holy to the Lord. 15. And the five thousand, that are left in the width over against the twenty five thousand, shall be for common use for the city, for dwelling, and for open land; and the city shall be in its midst. 16. And these shall be its measures; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. 17. And the open lands of the city shall be towards the north two hundred and fifty, and towards the south two hundred and fifty, and towards the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. 18. And the remnant in length corresponding to the designated holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be alongside the designated holy portion; and its produce shall be for food to those who work in the city. 19. And those who work in the city shall work in it from all the tribes of Israel. 20. And the designated portion shall be twenty five thousand by twenty five thousand; you shall designate the holy portion square, including the possession of the city. 21. And the remnant shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, in front of the twenty five thousand of the designated area to the east border, and westward opposite the twenty five thousand to the west border, opposite the portions for the prince; and it shall be the holy area; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst. 22. And thus the possession of the Levites, and the possession of the city, shall be in the midst of that which is the prince’s; between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be the portion of the prince. 23. As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. 24. And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. 25. And by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar shall have a portion. 26. And by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun shall have a portion. 27. And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad shall have a portion. 28. And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribot-Kadesh, and to the river toward the Great Sea. 29. This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, says the Lord God. 30. And these are the exits of the city: on the north side, there is a four thousand and five hundred measures.

Ezekiel 48:31-35 - 31. And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. 32. And at the east side there is a measure of four thousand and five hundred; and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. 33. And at the south side there is a measure of four thousand and five hundred; and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. 34. At the west side there is a measure of four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 35. It shall be eighteen thousand measures around; and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.


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