“These shall be
The exits of the city.
On the north side,
It shall be
Four thousand five hundred cubits
By measure.
These gates
Shall be named
After the tribes
Of Israel.
The three gates are
The gate of Reuben,
The gate of Judah,
The gate of Levi.”
There were to be 3 north side gates to the city, at the 4,500 cubits point. All the gates would be named after the various tribes of Israel. Two of these northside gates were important tribes, Judah and Levi, while the tribe of Reuben had less importance.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 