Ezekiel 48:31

And the gates of the city, shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates, northward,-the gate of Reuben, one the gate of Judah, one the gate of Levi one;

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30And these are the exits of the city,—on the north side, four thousand five hundred measures,

32and on the east side, four thousand and five hundred, with three gates,— even the gate of Joseph, one the gate of Benjamin, one the gate of Dan, one;

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And it came to pass while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve.

Isaiah 54:12And make rubies, thy battlements, And thy gates, sparkling stones,—And, all thy boundaries, stones of delight;

Ezekiel 48:30And these are the exits of the city,—on the north side, four thousand five hundred measures,

Revelation 21:13on the east, three gates, and, on the north, three gates, and, on the south, three gates, and, on the west, three gates;

Revelation 21:25and, the gates thereof, shall in nowise be shut, by day,—night, in fact, shall not be there,—

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 48:2-31

The Division of the Land. ( b. c. 574.) 1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth 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 unto the west side, a portion for Asher. 3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the… Read the whole commentary →

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