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Ezekiel 48:31

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.

KJV

Et portæ civitatis ex nominibus tribuum Israël : portæ tres a septentrione : porta Ruben una, porta Juda una, porta Levi una.

Vulgate

καὶ αἱ πύλαι τῆς πόλεως ἐπ’ ὀνόμασιν φυλῶν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· πύλαι τρεῖς πρὸς βορρᾶν, πύλη Ῥουβὴν μία, καὶ πύλη Ἰούδα μία, καὶ πύλη Λευεὶ μία.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/שַׁעֲרֵ֣י הָ/עִ֗יר עַל שְׁמוֹת֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שְׁעָרִ֥ים שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה צָפ֑וֹנָ/ה שַׁ֣עַר רְאוּבֵ֞ן אֶחָ֗ד שַׁ֤עַר יְהוּדָה֙ אֶחָ֔ד שַׁ֥עַר לֵוִ֖י אֶחָֽד

Hebrew

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In this verse

People ReubenLeviJudahLeviJudah

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
ה
h
noun · 153×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
לֵוִ֖י
lvy
noun · 60×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
r'vbn
proper_noun · 72×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rev 21:12 · allusion
    "And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:"
    Ezekiel: twelve gates named for the twelve tribes — the new Jerusalem

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 26:1 — In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
  • Isa 26:2 — Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
  • Rev 7:4 — And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
  • Rev 21:12 — And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
  • Rev 21:12 — And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
  • Rev 21:13 — On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.