Ezekiel · Chapter 48

[ edit] And þe names of lynages, fro þe eendis of þe norþ, byſidis þe waye of Meþalon, to men goynge to Emaþ, þe hous of Ennon, terme of Damaſke, fro þe norþ byſidis Emaþ; and þe eeſt cooſt þe ſee ſhal be, to Dan oon. And fro þe terme of Dan, fro þe eeſt cooſt to þe cooſt of þe ſe, to Aſer oon. And vpon þe terme of Aſer, fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe cooſt of þe ſee, to Neptalym oon. And vpon þe terme of Neptalym, fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe cooſt of þe eeſt ſee, to Manaſſes oon. And vpon þe terme of Manaſſes, fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe cooſt of þe ſee, to Effraym oon. And vpon þe terme of Effraym, fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe cooſt of þe ſee, to Ruben oon.

And vpon þe terme of Ruben, fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe cooſt of þe ſee, to Juda oon. And vpon þe terme of Juda, fro þe eeſt plage, or cooſt, vn to þe cooſt of þe ſee, ſhuln be primiſſis, whiche ȝe ſhuln departe in fyue and twenti þouſandus ȝerdis of breede and lengþe, as eche partis, fro þe eeſt cooſt vnto þe cooſt of þe ſee; and þe ſayntuarie ſhal be in mydil þerof. Þe primiſſis whiche ȝe ſhuln departe to þe Lord, þe lengþe in fyue and twenti þouſandis, and þe breede in ten þouſandus.

Soþeli þeſe ſhuln be þe primiſſis of þe ſayntuarie of preſtis; at þe norþ of lengþe fyue and twenti þouſandis, and to þe ſee of breede ten þouſandis; bot to þe eeſt of breed ten þouſandis, and to þe ſouþ of lengþe fyue and twenti þouſandis; and þe ſayntuarie of þe Lord ſhal be in mydil þerof. To preſtis þe ſayntuarie ſhal be, of þe ſonys of Sadoch, whiche kepten my cerymonyes, and erriden not, whanne þe ſones of Yrael erriden, as and þe dekenys erriden. And to hem ſhuln be primiſſis of primiſſis of þe lond, þe holy of holy þingus, byſidis þe terme of dekenes.

Bot and to dekenys alſo byſidis þe eendis of preſtis, fyue and twenti þouſandis of lengþe, and of breede ten þouſandis; al þe lengþe of fyue and twenti þouſandis, and þe breede of ten þouſandis. And þei ſhuln not ſelle þerof, neþer chaunge; neþer þe firſt fruytis of þe lond ſhuln be transferrid, or born ouer, for þei ben halewid to þe Lord. Forſoþe fyue þouſandis, þat leuen ouer in breede, by fyue and twenti þouſandus, ſhuln be vnholi places of þe citee, into dwellyng, and in to ſubarbis; and þe citee ſhal be in þe mydil þerof.

And þeſe þe meſuris þerof; at þe norþ cooſt, fyue hundrid and foure þouſandis, and at þe ſouþe plage, or cooſt, fyue hundred and foure þouſandis, and at þe eeſt cooſt, fyue hundred and foure þouſandis, and at þe weſt cooſt, fyue hundrid and foure þouſandis. Forſoþe þe ſubarbis of þe citee ſhuln be at þe norþ two hundrid and fifty, and to þe ſouþ two hundrid and fifti, and at þe eeſt cooſt two hundrid and fifty, and at þe ſee two hundrid and fifty.

Forſoþe þat þat ſhal be laft, or ouer, in lengþe, after firſt fruytis of þe ſayntuarie, ten þouſandis in to þe eeſt, and ten þouſandus in to þe weſt, ſhuln be as premiſſis of þe ſayntuarie; and þe fruytis þerof ſhuln be in to looues to þeſe þat ſeruen to þe citee. Forſoþe men ſeruynge to þe citee ſhuln worche, of al þe lynages of Yrael. Alle þe premiſſes of fyue and twenti þouſandis, by fyue and twenti þouſandis in ſqware, ſhuln be departid in to primiſſes of þe ſayntuarie, and poſſeſſion of þe citee.

Forſoþe þat þat ſhal be left ouer, ſhal be of þe prince, on eche part of primiſſis of þe ſayntuarie, and poſſeſſioun of þe citee, euen aȝeins fyue and twenti þouſandis of primiſſis, vnto þe eeſt terme; bot and to þe ſee euen aȝeinus of fyue and twenti þouſandus, vn to þe terme of þe ſee, alſo in partis of þe prince ſhal be; and premiſſis of þe ſayntuarie ſhuln be, and þe ſayntuarie of temple of þe cite, in mydil þerof. Forſoþe of þe poſſeſſioun of dekenys, and of poſſeſſioun of þe citee, in mydil of partis of þe prince, ſhal be in to terme of Juda, and in to terme of Beniamyn, and ſhal pertene to þe prince. And to þe toþer lynagis, fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe weſt cooſt, to Beniamyn oon.

And aȝeinus þe terme of Beniamyn fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe weſt cooſt, to Symyon oon. And vpon þe terme of Symyon, fro þe eeſt cooſt vn to þe weſt cooſt, to Yſacar oon. And vpon þe terme of Yſacar, fro þe eeſt coſt vnto þe weſt cooſt, to Sabulon oon. And vpon þe terme of Sabulon, fro þe eeſt cooſt vnto þe coſt of þe ſee, to Gad oon. And vpon þe terme of Gad, vn to þe cooſt of þe ſouþ in to mydday, or ſouþe; and þe eend ſhal be fro Thamar vn to þe waters of aȝein ſayinge of Cades, and þe eritage aȝein þe grete ſee. Þis is þe lond whiche ȝe ſhuln ſende in to lot to þe lynagis of Yrael, and þeſe þe partyngis of hem, ſaiþ þe Lord God.

And þeſe þe goyngus out of þe cytee; fro þe norþ cooſt þou ſhalt meſure fyue hundrid and foure þouſandis. And þe ȝatis of þe citee, in alle þe lynagis of Yrael, þree ȝatis fro þe norþ; þe ȝate of Ruben oon, þe ȝate of Juda oon, þe ȝate of Leuy oon. And at þe eeſt cooſt, fyue hundrid and foure þouſandis, and þree ȝatis; þe ȝate of Joſeph oon, þe ȝate of Beniamyn oon, þe ȝate of Dan oon. And at þe mydday cooſt, or ſouþe, fyue hundrid and four þouſandis þou ſhalt mete, þe ȝatis of hem þree; þe ȝate of Symyon oon, þe ȝate of Yſacar oon, þe ȝate of Zabulon oon.

And at þe weſt cooſt, fyue hundred and foure þouſandis, þree ȝatis of hem; þe ȝate of Gad oon, þe ȝate of Aſer oon, þe ȝate of Neptalym oon. By þe cumpas eiȝtene þouſandis; and þe name of þe citee fro þat day, Þe Lord þere. Amen. Here endiþ þe book of Ezechiel, and bigynneþ þe book of Daniel