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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT DIVISIONS OF THE LAND V. 1 -29 GATES OF THE CITY AND THEIR NAME V. 30 -35

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 1 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 1 Now these are the names of the tribes: From the Northern border along the road to Hethlon at the entrance of Hamath, to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus Northward, in the direction of Hamath, there shall be one section for Dan from its East to its West side;

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 1 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 1 Now these are the names of the tribes: From the Northern border along the road to Hethlon at the entrance of Hamath, to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus Northward, in the direction of Hamath, there shall be one section for Dan from its East to its West side; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BY TRIBE? WHERE SHOULD THEY BEGIN TO DIVIDE THE LAND? NORTHERN BORDER?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 1 WHERE SHOULD THEY BEING TO DIVIDE THE LAND? ‘Start at the Northern border along the road to Hethlon’ ‘At the entrance of Hamath, to Hazar Enan, to Hamath’ WHAT WAS THEIR NORTHERN BORDER? ‘From the Great Sea, by the road to Hethlon, to Zedad’ ‘by way of Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, to Hazar Hatticon’ ‘From the Sea to Hazar Enan, to the border of Hamath’ EZEKIEL 47: 15 -17 ‘From the Great Sea to Mount Hor’ ‘From Mount Hor to Hamath toward Zedad’ ‘From Zedad to Ziphron, to Hazar Enan’ NUMBERS 34: 7 -8

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 1 -7 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 1 By the border of Damascus Northward, in the direction of Hamath, there shall be one section for Dan from its East to its West side; 2 by the border of Dan, from the East side to the West, one section for Asher; 3 by the border of Asher, from the East side to the West, one section for Naphtali; 4 by the border of Naphtali, from the East side to the West, one section for Manasseh; 5 by the border of Manasseh, from the East side to the West, one section for Ephraim; 6 by the border of Ephraim, from the East side to the West, one section for Reuben; 7 by the border of Reuben, from the East side to the West, one section for Judah;

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 1 -7 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 1 By the border of Damascus Northward, in the direction of Hamath, there shall be one section for Dan from its East to its West side; 2 by the border of Dan, from the East side to the West, one section for Asher; 3 by the border of Asher, from the East side to the West, one section for Naphtali; 4 by the border of Naphtali, from the East side to the West, one section for Manasseh; 5 by the border of Manasseh, from the East side to the West, one section for Ephraim; 6 by the border of Ephraim, from the East side to the West, one section for Reuben; 7 by the border of Reuben, from the East side to the West, one section for Judah; HOW WAS THE LAND DIVIDED? BY TRIBE?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 1 -7 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND HOW WAS THE LAND DIVIDED? BY TRIBE? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH TRIBE OF DAN TRIBE OF ASHER TRIBE OF NAPHTALI TRIBE OF MANASSEH TRIBE OF EPHRAIM TRIBE OF REUBEN TRIBE OF JUDAH

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 1 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 1 By the border of Damascus Northward, in the direction of Hamath, there shall be one section for Dan from its East to its West side; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: FIRST TRIBE OF DAN WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO DAN? READ: JOSHUA 19: 40 -47

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 1 READ: JOSHUA 19: 40 -47 40 The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. 41 The territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, 42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Jethlah, 43 Elon, Timnah, Ekron, 44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, 45 Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, 46 Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the region near Joppa. 47 The border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, took possession of it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 2 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 2 by the border of Dan, from the East side to the West, one section for Asher; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: SECOND TRIBE OF ASHER WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO ASHER? READ: JOSHUA 19: 24 -30

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 2 READ: JOSHUA 19: 24 -30 24 The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, 26 Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal; it reached to Mount Carmel westward, along the Brook Shihor Libnath. 27 It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon; and it reached to Zebulun and to the Valley of Jiphthah El, then northward beyond Beth Emek and Neiel, bypassing Cabul which was on the left, 28 including Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. 29 And the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea by the region of Achzib. 30 Also Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob were included: twenty-two cities with their villages. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 3 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 3 by the border of Asher, from the East side to the West, one section for Naphtali; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: THIRD TRIBE OF NAPHTALI WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO NAPHTALI? READ: JOSHUA 19: 32 -38

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 3 READ: JOSHUA 19: 32 -38 32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 Their border began at Heleph, enclosing the territory from the terebinth tree in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; it ended at the Jordan. 34 From Heleph the border extended westward to Aznoth Tabor, and went out from there toward Hukkok; it adjoined Zebulun on the south side and Asher on the west side, and ended at Judah by the Jordan toward the sunrise. 35 And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, 36 Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, 37 Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, 38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 4 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND 4 by the border of Naphtali, from the East side to the West, one section for Manasseh; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: FOURTH TRIBE OF MANASSEH WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO MANASSEH? READ: JOSHUA 17: 7 -9

QUESTIONS: READ: EZEKIEL 48: 4 JOSHUA 17: 7 -9 7 The territory of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that lies east of Shechem; and the border went along south to the inhabitants of En Tappuah. 8 Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. 9 The border descended to the Brook Kanah, southward to the brook. These cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook; and it ended at the sea. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 5 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND BY TRIBE 5 by the border of Manasseh, from the East side to the West, one section for Ephraim; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: FIFTH TRIBE OF EPHRAIM WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO EPHRAIM? READ: JOSHUA 16: 5 -8

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 5 READ: JOSHUA 16: 5 -8 5 The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon. 6 The border went out toward the sea on the north side of Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah. 7 Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan. 8 The border went out from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 6 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND BY TRIBE 6 by the border of Ephraim, from the East side to the West, one section for Reuben; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: SIXTH TRIBE OF REUBEN WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO REUBEN? READ: JOSHUA 13: 15 -21

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 6 READ: JOSHUA 13: 15 -21 15 Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families. 16 Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain by Medeba; 17 Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18 Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 Kirjathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley, 20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth 21 all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses had struck with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 7 DIVISION OF THE NORTH LAND BY TRIBE 7 by the border of Reuben, from the East side to the West, one section for Judah; HOW WERE THEY TO DIVIDE THE LAND? BEGINNING AT THE NORTHERN BORDER PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: SEVENTH TRIBE OF JUDAH WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO JUDAH? READ: JOSHUA 15: 1 -12

READ: JOSHUA 15: 1 -12 1 This was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. 2 Their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3 Then it went out to the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa. 4 From there it passed toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border. 5 The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6 The border went up to Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

READ: JOSHUA 15: 1 -12 7 Then the border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at En Rogel. 8 The border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward. 9 Then the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim). 10 Then the border turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to Timnah. 11 The border went out to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea. 12 The west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 8 -10 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR SANCTUARY 8 By the border of Judah, from the East side to the West, shall be the district which you shall set apart, 25, 000 cubits in width, and in length the same as one of the other portions, from the East side to the West, with the sanctuary in the center. 9 The district that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be 25, 000 in length and 10, 000 cubits in width. 10 To these — to the priests — the holy district shall belong: on the North 25, 000 cubits in length, on the West 10, 000 cubits in width, on the East 10, 000 cubits in width, and on the South 25, 000 cubits in length. The sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the center.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 8 -10 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR SANCTUARY 8 By the border of Judah, from the East side to the West, shall be the district which you shall set apart, 25, 000 cubits in width, and in length the same as one of the other portions, from the East side to the West, with the sanctuary in the center. 9 The district that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be 25, 000 in length and 10, 000 cubits in width. 10 To these — to the priests — the holy district shall belong: on the North 25, 000 cubits in length, on the West 10, 000 cubits in width, on the East 10, 000 cubits in width, and on the South 25, 000 cubits in length. The sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the center. WHAT PORTION IS SET ASIDE FOR SANCTUARY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 8 8 By the border of Judah, from the East side to the West, shall be the district which you shall set apart, 25, 000 cubits in width, and in length the same as one of the other portions, from the East side to the West, with the sanctuary in the center. WHAT PORTION IS SET ASIDE FOR SANCTUARY? ‘A portion South of the Border of Judah? ’ ‘the sanctuary in the center’ WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS DISTRICT? ‘Length 25, 000 cubits and Width 25, 000 cubits’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 9 -10 9 The district that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be 25, 000 in length and 10, 000 cubits in width. 10 To these — to the priests — the holy district shall belong: on the North 25, 000 cubits in length, on the West 10, 000 cubits in width, on the East 10, 000 cubits in width, and on the South 25, 000 cubits in length. The sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the center. WHAT PORTION IS SET ASIDE FOR A HOLY DISTRICT? ‘A portion South of the Border of Judah? ’ ‘A holy district set apart for the priests’ WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS DISTRICT? ‘Length 25, 000 cubits and Width 10, 000 cubits’ ‘The sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the center’

READ: EZEKIEL 45: 1 -4 1 When you divide the land by lot into inheritance, you shall set apart a district for the LORD, a holy section of the land; its length shall be 25, 000 cubits, and the width 10, 000 cubits. It shall be holy throughout its territory all around. 2 Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, 500 rods by 500 rods, with 50 cubits around it for an open space. 3 So this is the district you shall measure: 25, 000 cubits long and 10, 000 cubits wide; in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It shall be a holy section of the land, belonging to the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the LORD; it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. NKJV WHAT WAS THIS DISTRICT CALLED? ‘the Most Holy Place’

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 11 -14 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR SANCTUARY 11 It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 12 This district of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 13 Opposite the border of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25, 000 cubits in length and 10, 000 cubits in width; its entire length shall be 25, 000 cubits and its width 10, 000 cubits. 14 They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 -14 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR SANCTUARY 11 It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 12 This district of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 13 Opposite the border of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25, 000 cubits in length and 10, 000 cubits in width; its entire length shall be 25, 000 cubits and its width 10, 000 cubits. 14 They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD. WHO WAS ZADOK? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ZADOK? WHAT LAND WAS SET ASIDE FOR THE LEVITES?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 11 It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ZADOK? WHO WAS ZADOK? HIGH PRIEST? READ: 1 CHRONICLES 6: 3 -9 3 The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua; 5 Abishua begot Bukki, Bukki begot Uzzi; 6 Uzzi begot Zerahiah, Zerahiah begot Meraioth; 7 Meraioth begot Amariah, Amariah begot Ahitub; 8 Ahitub begot Zadok , Zadok begot Ahimaaz; 9 Ahimaaz begot Azariah, Azariah begot Johanan;

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING ZADOK? READ: 2 SAMUEL 8: 15 -18 15 David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. 16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 17 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe; 18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers. NKJV (1 CHRONICLES 18: 14 -17) WHO DID DAVID APOINT AS PRIESTS? ‘Zadok and Ahimelech were the priests’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 READ: 2 SAMUEL 15: 24 -29 24 There was Zadok and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. 25 The king said to Zadok, ‘Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place. 29 Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there. NKJV WHAT DID DAVID TELL ZADOK TO DO? ‘Carry the ark of God back into the city’ WHAT DID ZADOK AND ABIATHAR DO? ‘carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 READ: 1 KINGS 1: 7 -8 7 Adonijah conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed and helped Adonijah. 8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah. NKJV WHAT DID ABIATHAR DO? ‘Abiathar the priest followed and helped Adonijah’ WHAT DID ZADOK NOT DO? ‘Zadok, Benaiah, Nathan, Shimei and Rei’ ‘were not with Adonijah’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 READ: 1 KINGS 1: 32 -34 32 King David said, ‘Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. ’ So they came before the king. 33 The king said to them, ’Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon. 34 There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; and blow the horn, and say, 'Long live King Solomon!' NKJV WHO DID DAVID CALL FOR? ‘Zadok, Nathan, and Benaiah’ WHAT DID DAVID TELL THEM TO DO? ‘Anoint Solomon king over Israel’ AND SAY: 'Long live King Solomon!'

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 READ: 1 KINGS 1: 38 -39 38 Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and took him to Gihon. 39 Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ WHAT DID ZADOK, NATHAN AND BENAIAH DO? ‘They had Solomon ride on King David's mule to Gihon’ WHAT DID ZADOK DO? ‘He took oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon’ WHAT DID THE PEOPLE SAY? ‘Long live King Solomon’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 READ: 1 KINGS 2: 35 35 Solomon, the king, put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. NKJV WHAT DID SOLOMON DO? ‘He put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army’ ‘He put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 11 READ: EZEKIEL 44: 15 -16 15 ‘The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, ’ says the Lord GOD. 16 ‘They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge. ’ NKJV WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL? WHY? ‘The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok’ ‘Who kept charge of My sanctuary’ ‘When the children of Israel went astray from Me’ ‘They shall enter My sanctuary’ ‘They shall come near My table to minister to Me’ ‘They shall keep My charge’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 12 -13 12 This district of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 13 Opposite the border of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25, 000 cubits in length and 10, 000 cubits in width; its entire length shall be 25, 000 cubits and its width 10, 000 cubits. WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR THE LEVITES? ‘district of land opposite the border of the priests’ WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS AREA? ‘Length 25, 000 cubits and Width 10, 000 cubits’ ‘Length 37, 500 feet and Width 15, 000 feet’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 13 WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR THE LEVITES? ‘district of land opposite the border of the priests’ SAME AS: READ: EZEKIEL 45: 5 5 An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession. NKJV WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS AREA? ‘Length 25, 000 cubits and Width 10, 000 cubits’ ‘Length 37, 500 feet and Width 15, 000 feet’ ‘They shall have 20 chambers as a possession’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 14 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR SANCTUARY 14 They shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD. WHAT WERE THE LEVITES NOT PERMITTED TO DO? ‘They shall not sell or exchange any of it’ ‘They may not alienate this best part of the land’ WHY? ‘For it is holy to the LORD’ READ: LEVITICUS 25: 33 -34

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 14 READ: LEVITICUS 25: 33 -34 33 If a man purchases a house from the Levites, then the house that was sold in the city of his possession shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the common-land of their cities may not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession. NKJV WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING COMMON-LAND? ‘If a man purchases a house from the Levites’ ‘Then the house that was sold in the city’ ‘Shall be released in the Jubilee’ For the houses in the cities of the Levites’ ‘are their possession among the children of Israel’ BUT ’The field of the common-land of their cities’ ‘May not be sold, for it is their perpetual possession’

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 15 -17 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR COMMON LAND 15 The 5. 000 cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the 25, 000 cubits, shall be for general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center. 16 These shall be its measurements: the North side 4, 500 cubits, the South side 4, 500 cubits, the East side 4, 500 cubits, and the West side 4, 500 cubits. 17 The common-land of the city shall be: to the North 250 cubits, to the South 250 cubits, to the East 250 cubits, and to the West 250 cubits.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 15 -17 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR COMMON LAND 15 The 5, 000 cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the 25, 000 cubits, shall be for general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center. 16 These shall be its measurements: the North side 4, 500 cubits, the South side 4, 500 cubits, the East side 4, 500 cubits, and the West side 4, 500 cubits. 17 The common-land of the city shall be: to the North 250 cubits, to the South 250 cubits, to the East 250 cubits, and to the West 250 cubits. WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR COMMON LAND? WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE COMMON LAND? WHERE WAS THIS CITY LOCATED? WHAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CITY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 15 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR COMMON LAND 15 The 5, 000 cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the 25, 000 cubits, shall be for general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center. WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR COMMON LAND? WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE COMMON LAND? ‘ 5, 000 cubits wide and 25, 000 cubits long’ WHERE WAS THIS CITY LOCATED? ‘the city shall be in the center’ READ: EZEKIEL 45: 6

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 15 15 The 5, 000 cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the 25, 000 cubits, shall be for general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center. READ: EZEKIEL 45: 6 6 You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel. NKJV WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS CITY? ‘ 5, 000 cubits wide and 25, 000 cubits long’ WHERE WAS THIS CITY LOCATED? ‘adjacent to the district of the holy section’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 16 16 These shall be its measurements: the North side 4, 500 cubits, the South side 4, 500 cubits, the East side 4, 500 cubits, and the West side 4, 500 cubits. WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS LAND? These shall be its measurements: ‘North side 4, 500 cubits, South side 4, 500 cubits’ ‘East side 4, 500 cubits and West side 4, 500 cubits’ FOUR SQUARE: ‘ 4500 cubits by 4500 cubits’ ‘ 6750 feet by ‘ 6750 feet’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 17 17 The common-land of the city shall be: to the North 250 cubits, to the South 250 cubits, to the East 250 cubits, and to the West 250 cubits. WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CITY? The common-land of the city shall be: ‘North 250 cubits, South 250 cubits’ ‘East 250 cubits and West 250 cubits’ FOUR SQUARE: ‘ 250 cubits by 250 cubits’ ‘ 375 feet by ‘ 375 feet’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 17 READ: REVELATION 21: 16 -17 16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and fortyfour cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. NKJV WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS CITY? The city is laid out as a square: 12, 000 furlongs ‘Its length is as great as its breadth’ Furlong - NT: 4712 stadion - certain measure of distance Reed: 6 cubits = 9 feet (12, 000 reeds = 72, 000 cubits = 108, 000 feet)? ITS WALL: 144 cubits = 266 feet

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 18 -20 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR CITY WORKERS 18 The rest of the length, alongside the district of the holy section, shall be 10, 000 cubits to the East and 10, 000 cubits to the West. It shall be adjacent to the district of the holy section, and its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19 The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20 The entire district shall be 25, 000 cubits by 25, 000 cubits, foursquare. You shall set apart the holy district with the property of the city.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 18 -20 PORTION SET ASIDE FOR CITY WORKERS 18 The rest of the length, alongside the district of the holy section, shall be 10, 000 cubits to the East and 10, 000 cubits to the West. It shall be adjacent to the district of the holy section, and its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19 The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20 The entire district shall be 25, 000 cubits by 25, 000 cubits, foursquare. You shall set apart the holy district with the property of the city. WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR CITY WORKERS? WHERE IS THIS PORTION LOCATED? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PORTION? WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS DISTRICT?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 18 18 The rest of the length, alongside the district of the holy section, shall be 10, 000 cubits to the East and 10, 000 cubits to the West. It shall be adjacent to the district of the holy section, and its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR CITY WORKERS? ‘East 10, 000 cubits by West 10, 000 cubits’ ‘ 15, 000 feet by 15, 000 feet’ WHERE IS THIS PORTION LOCATED? ‘alongside or adjacent to the holy section’ WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PORTION? ‘Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 18 WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR CITY WORKERS? ‘East 10, 000 cubits by West 10, 000 cubits’ ‘adjacent to the district of the holy section’ READ: EZEKIEL 45: 6 6 You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel. NKJV IS THE SAME PROPERTY? WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS PROPERYY ‘An area 5, 000 cubits wide by 25, 000 cubits long’ WHERE WAS THIS PROPERTY LOCATED? ‘adjacent to the district of the holy section’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 19 19 The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. WHAT PORTION WAS SET ASIDE FOR CITY WORKERS? ‘East 10, 000 cubits by West 10, 000 cubits’ ‘ 15, 000 feet by 15, 000 feet’ WHERE IS THIS PORTION LOCATED? ‘alongside or adjacent to the holy section’ WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PORTION? ‘Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city’ WHO SHALL CULTIVATE THIS PORTION? ‘The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 20 20 The entire district shall be 25, 000 cubits by 25, 000 cubits, foursquare. You shall set apart the holy district with the property of the city. WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS DISTRICT? ‘The entire district is foursquare’ ‘ 25, 000 cubits by 25, 000 cubits’ ‘ 37, 500 feet by 37, 500 feet’ ‘You shall set apart the holy district’ ‘With the property of the city’

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 21 -22 PORTIONS SET ASIDE FOR THE PRINCE 21 The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city's property, next to the 25, 000 cubits of the holy district as far as the Eastern border, and Westward next to the 25, 000 cubits as far as the Western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, and the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center. 22 Moreover, apart from the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city which are in the midst of what belongs to the prince, the area between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 21 -22 PORTIONS SET ASIDE FOR THE PRINCE 21 The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city's property, next to the 25, 000 cubits of the holy district as far as the Eastern border, and Westward next to the 25, 000 cubits as far as the Western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, and the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center. 22 Moreover, apart from the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city which are in the midst of what belongs to the prince, the area between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince. WHAT PORTIONS BELONG TO THE PRINCE?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 21 21 The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city's property, next to the 25, 000 cubits of the holy district as far as the Eastern border, and Westward next to the 25, 000 cubits as far as the Western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, and the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center. WHAT PORTIONS BELONG TO THE PRINCE? ‘The portion on either side of the holy district‘ ‘The portion on either side of the city's property’ ‘The portions next to and adjacent to the tribal portions’ ‘It shall be the holy district’ ‘The sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 21 ‘The portion on either side of the holy district‘ ‘The portion on either side of the city's property’ ‘The portions next to and adjacent to the tribal portions’ READ: EZEKIEL 45: 7 7 The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city's property; and bordering on the holy district and the city's property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border. NKJV WHAT PORTIONS BELONG TO THE PRINCE? ‘A section on either side of the holy district’ ‘A section on either side of the city's property’ ‘Along side and adjacent to the tribal portions’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 22 PORTIONS SET ASIDE FOR THE PRINCE 22 Moreover, apart from the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city which are in the midst of what belongs to the prince, the area between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince. WHAT PORTIONS BELONG TO THE PRINCE? ‘The area between the border of Judah ‘and the border of Benjamin shall belong to the prince’

P – Prince’s Portions L – Levites Portion S - Sanctuary Z – Zadok’s Portion F – City Workers C – City of Jerusalem

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 23 -27 DIVISION OF THE SOUTH LAND 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west, Benjamin shall have one section; 24 by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon shall have one section; 25 by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar shall have one section; 26 by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun shall have one section; 27 by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad shall have one section;

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 23 -27 DIVISION OF THE SOUTH LAND 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west, Benjamin shall have one section; 24 by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon shall have one section; 25 by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar shall have one section; 26 by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun shall have one section; 27 by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad shall have one section; HOW WAS THE SOUTH LAND DIVIDED?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 23 -27 HOW WAS THE SOUTH LAND DIVIDED? BEGINNING AT THE BORDER OF PRINCE’S PORTION PROCEEDING SOUTHWARD: EIGHTH TRIBE OF BENJAMIN NINTH TRIBE OF SIMEON TENTH TRIBE OF ISSACHAR ELEVENH TRIBE OF ZEBULUN TWELFTH TRIBE OF GAD

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 23 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west, Benjamin shall have one section; HOW WAS THE SOUTH LAND DIVIDED? EIGHTH TRIBE OF BENJAMIN WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO BENJAMIN? READ: JOSHUA 18: 11 -28

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 23 READ: JOSHUA 18: 11 -28 11 The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 12 Their border on the North side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the North, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven. 13 The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon. 14 Their border extended around the West side to the South, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath Baal (Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the West side.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 23 READ: JOSHUA 18: 11 -28 15 The South side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the West and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 The border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim on the North, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the South, and descended to En Rogel. 17 It went around from the north, went out to En Shemesh, and extended toward Geliloth, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 18 Then it passed along toward the North side of Arabah, and went down to Arabah. 19 The border passed along to the North side of Beth Hoglah; then the border ended at the North bay at the Salt Sea, at the South end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 23 READ: JOSHUA 18: 11 -28 20 The Jordan was its border on the East side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its boundaries all around, according to their families. 21 The cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, 22 -27 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages; Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 24 24 by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon shall have one section; HOW WAS THE SOUTH LAND DIVIDED? NINTH TRIBE OF SIMEON WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO SIMEON? READ: JOSHUA 19: 1 -9

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 24 READ: JOSHUA 19: 1 -9 1 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. 2 - 7 They had in their inheritance Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah, Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their villages; Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their villages; 8 and all the villages that were all around these cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the South. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 24 READ: JOSHUA 19: 1 -9 9 The inheritance of the children of Simeon was included in the share of the children of Judah, for the share of the children of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of that people. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 25 25 by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar shall have one section; HOW WAS THE SOUTH LAND DIVIDED? TENTH TRIBE OF ISSACHAR WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO ISSACHAR? READ: JOSHUA 19: 1 -9

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 25 READ: JOSHUA 19: 17 -22 17 The fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. 18 -21 Their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem, Haphraim, Shion, Anaharath, Rabbith, Kishion, Abez, Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah, and Beth Pazzez. 22 The border reached to Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh; their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 26 26 by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun shall have one section; HOW WAS THE SOUTH LAND DIVIDED? ELEVENTH TRIBE OF ZEBULUN WHAT LAND DID JOSHUA GIVE TO ZEBULUN? READ: JOSHUA 19: 10 -15

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 26 READ: JOSHUA 19: 10 -15 10 The third lot came out for the children of Zebulun according to their families, and the border of their inheritance was as far as Sarid. 11 Their border went toward the west and to Maralah, went to Dabbasheth, and extended along the brook that is east of Jokneam. 12 Then from Sarid it went eastward toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth Tabor, and went out toward Daberath, bypassing Japhia. 13 And from there it passed along on the east of Gath Hepher, toward Eth Kazin, and extended to Rimmon, which borders on Neah. 14 Then the border went around it on the north side of Hannathon, and it ended in the Valley of Jiphthah El. 15 Included were Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 27 27 by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad shall have one section; HOW WAS THE SOUTH LAND DIVIDED? TWELFTH TRIBE OF GAD WHAT LAND DID MOSES GIVE TO GAD? READ: JOSHUA 13: 24 -28

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 27 READ: JOSHUA 13: 24 -28 24 Moses had given an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families. 25 Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah, 26 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir, 27 and in the valley Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth, on the other side of the Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages.

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 28 -29 DIVISION OF THE SOUTH LAND 28 by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. 29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 28 -29 DIVISION OF THE SOUTH LAND 28 by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. 29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD. WHAT WAS THEIR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 28 DIVISION OF THE SOUTH LAND 28 by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. WHAT WAS THEIR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY? ‘Beginning on the south side of the border of Gad’ ‘Proceed toward the South from Tamar’ ‘To the waters of Meribah by Kadesh’ ‘Along the brook to the Great Sea’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 28 WHAT WAS THEIR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY? ‘Beginning on the south side of the border of Gad’ ‘Proceed toward the South from Tamar’ ‘To the waters of Meribah by Kadesh’ ‘Along the brook to the Great Sea’ SAME AS: READ: EZEKIEL 47: 19 19 The South side, toward the South, shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. This is the south side, toward the South. NKJV ‘Their southern boundary shall be from Tamar’ ‘to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh’ ‘Along the brook to the Great Sea’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 29 DIVISION OF THE SOUTH LAND 29 This is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord GOD. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? ‘This is the land which you shall divide by lot’ ‘As an inheritance among the tribes of Israel’ ‘These are their portions’

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 30 -34 THE GATES OF THE CITY AND ITS NAME 30 These are the exits of the city. On the North side, measuring 4, 500 cubits 31 (the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel), the three gates Northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi; 32 on the East side, 4, 500 cubits, three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan; 33 on the South side, measuring 4, 500 cubits, three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun; 34 on the West side, 4, 500 cubits with their three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 30 -34 THE GATES OF THE CITY AND ITS NAME 30 These are the exits of the city. On the North side, measuring 4, 500 cubits 31 (the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel), the three gates Northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi; 32 on the East side, 4, 500 cubits, three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan; 33 on the South side, measuring 4, 500 cubits, three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun; 34 on the West side, 4, 500 cubits with their three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. WHAT WERE THE NAMES ON THESE GATES?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 30 -34 THE GATES OF THE CITY AND ITS NAME WHAT WERE THE NAMES ON THESE GATES? NORTH GATES: ‘Reuben, Judah and Levi’ EAST GATES: ‘Joseph, Benjamin and Dan’ SOUTH GATES: ‘Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun’ WEST GATES: ‘Gad, Asher and Naphtali’ WHO WAS NOT INCLUDED? EPHRAIM & MANASSEH? WHY?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 30 -34 READ: 1 KINGS 7: 23 -25 23 Moses made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 25 It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the North, three looking toward the West, three looking toward the South, and three looking toward the East; the Sea was set upon them, and all their back parts pointed inward. NKJV (2 CHRONICLES 4: 2 -4) WHAT DID MOSES MAKE? ‘Sea of bronze’ WHAT WAS IT SET ON? ‘Twelve oxen’ HOW WERE THEY POSITIONED? ‘three facing North’ ‘three facing West’ ‘three facing South’ ‘three facing East’ ‘All their back parts pointed inward’

READ: EZEKIEL 48: 35 THE NAME OF THE CITY 35 All the way around shall be 18, 000 cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 THE NAME OF THE CITY 35 All the way around shall be 18, 000 cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE. NKJV WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME? READ: ISAIAH 1: 26 26 I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 12: 6 6 Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!’ NKJV READ: ISAIAH 24: 23 23 The moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem And before His elders, gloriously. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME? READ: ISAIAH 60: 14 14 The sons of those who afflicted you Shall come bowing to you, And all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet; And they shall call you The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. READ: ISAIAH 62: 2 2 The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, And all kings your glory. You shall be called by a new name, Which the mouth of the LORD will name. READ: ISAIAH 62: 12 12 They shall call them The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; And you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME? READ: JEREMIAH 3: 17 17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 14: 9 9 Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? You, O LORD, are in our midst, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us!

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME? READ: JEREMIAH 33: 15 -16 15 In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness; He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, And Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV READ: JOEL 3: 20 -21 20 Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21 For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the LORD dwells in Zion.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME? READ: ZECHARIAH 8: 3 3 Thus says the LORD: 'I will return to Zion, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain of the LORD of hosts, The Holy Mountain. ' NKJV READ: JOHN 1: 14 14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME? READ: REVELATION 3: 12 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 48: 35 WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS CITY? ‘THE LORD IS THERE’ WHY A NEW NAME? READ; REVELATION 21: 2 -3 2 I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. NKJV

5 6 7 8 THINGS TO CONSIDER READ: REVELATION 7: 5 -8 SEALING OF THE 144, 000 OF ISRAEL Of the tribe of Judah 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Reuben 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Gad 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Asher 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Naphtali 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Manasseh 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Simeon 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Levi 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Issachar 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Zebulun 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Joseph 12, 000 were sealed; Of the tribe of Benjamin 12, 000 were sealed. NKJV WHAT TRIBE IS NOT MENTIONED? DAN? WHY?

THINGS TO CONSIDER READ: JUDGES 18: 27 -29 27 They took the things Micah had made, and the priest who had belonged to him, and went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire. 28 There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no ties with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there. 29 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel. However, the name of the city formerly was Laish. NKJV WHAT DID MICAH DO? WORSHIPPED IDOLS? WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF DAN DO? WHY? WHAT DID THE NAME THE CITY? LAISH? IS THE CITY? LESHEM?

THINGS TO CONSIDER READ: DEUTERONOMY 11: 6 6 What He did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, their households, their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel NKJV WHO WERE DATHAN AND ABIRAM? REUBEN’S GRANDSONS? ‘Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben’ WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? ‘The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up’ ‘Their households, their tents, and all the substance’ WHY?

THINGS TO CONSIDER READ: PSALMS 106: 17 -18 17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram. 18 A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. NKJV WHO WERE DATHAN AND ABIRAM? REUBEN’S GRANDSONS? WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? ‘The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan’ ‘And covered the faction of Abiram’ ‘A fire was kindled in their company’ ‘The flame burned up the wicked’ WHY?

THINGS TO CONSIDER READ: NUMBERS 16: 31 -34 31 Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 They and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. NKJV WHO WAS WITH KORAH? DATHAN AND ABIRAM? ‘All the men with Korah, with all their goods’ ‘They and all those with them’ ‘Went down alive into the pit’ ‘The earth closed over them’ ‘They perished from among the assembly’

EZEKIEL’S VISION OF ISRAEL

STYLIZED VISION OF ISRAEL