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1 “Now
these are the
names of the
tribes: From the
north end, beside
the way of
Hethlon to
the entrance of
Hamath, Hazar Enan at
the border of
Damascus, northward
beside Hamath (and
they shall have
their sides east
and west), Dan,
one portion.
2 “By
the border of
Dan, from the
east side to
the west side,
Asher, one portion.
3 “By
the border
of Asher, from the
east side even
to the west
side, Naphtali, one portion.
4 “By
the border of
Naphtali, from the
east side to
the west side,
Manasseh, one portion.
5 “By
the border of
Manasseh, from the
east side to
the west side,
Ephraim, one portion.
6 “By
the border
of Ephraim, from
the east side
even to the
west side, Reuben,
one portion.
7 “By
the border of
Reuben, from the
east side to
the west side,
Judah, one portion.
8 “By
the border of
Judah, from the
east side to
the west side,
shall be the
offering which you
shall offer,
twenty-five thousand reeds in
width, and in
length as one
of the portions,
from the east
side to the
west side; and
the sanctuary
shall be in
the middle of
it.
9 “The
offering that you
shall offer to
the LORD shall
be twenty-five thousand reeds
in length, and
ten thousand in
width.
10 For these,
even for the
priests, shall be
the holy offering:
toward the north
twenty-five thousand in length,
and toward the
west ten thousand
in width, and
toward the east
ten thousand in
width, and toward
the south
twenty-five thousand in length;
and the sanctuary
of the LORD
shall be in
the middle of
it.
11 It
shall be for
the priests who
are sanctified of
the sons of
Zadok, who have
kept my instruction,
who didn’t go
astray when the
children of Israel
went astray, as
the Levites went
astray.
12 It
shall be to
them an offering
from the offering
of the land,
a most holy
thing, by the
border of the
Levites.
13 “Alongside
the border of
the priests, the
Levites shall have
twenty-five thousand cubits
in length and
ten thousand in
width. All
the length shall
be twenty-five thousand,
and the width
ten thousand.
14 They
shall sell none
of it, nor
exchange it, nor
shall the first
fruits of the land
be alienated, for
it is holy
to the LORD.
15 “The
five thousand cubits
that are left
in the width,
in front of
the twenty-five thousand,
shall be for
common use, for
the city, for
dwelling and for
pasture lands; and
the city shall
be in the
middle of it.
16 These shall
be its
measurements: the
north side four thousand
and five hundred,
and the south
side four thousand and
five hundred, and
on the east
side four thousand and
five hundred, and
the west side four
thousand and five
hundred.
17 The
city shall have
pasture lands: toward
the north two
hundred fifty,
and toward the
south two hundred
fifty, and toward
the east two
hundred fifty,
and toward the
west two hundred
fifty.
18 The
remainder of
the length, alongside
the holy offering,
shall be
ten thousand eastward
and ten thousand
westward; and it
shall be alongside
the holy offering.
Its increase shall
be for food
to those who
labor in the
city.
19 Those
who labor in
the city, out
of all the
tribes of Israel,
shall cultivate it.
20 All
the offering shall
be a square
of twenty-five thousand
by twenty-five thousand.
You shall offer
it as a
holy offering,
with the possession
of the city.
21 “The
remainder shall be
for the prince,
on the one
side and on
the other of
the holy offering
and of
the possession of
the city; in
front of the
twenty-five thousand of
the offering
toward the east
border, and
westward in front
of the
twenty-five thousand toward
the west border,
alongside the
portions, it shall
be for the
prince. The holy
offering and the
sanctuary of the
house shall be
in the middle
of it.
22 Moreover,
from the possession
of the Levites,
and from
the possession of
the city, being
in the middle
of that which
is the prince’s,
between the border
of Judah and
the border of
Benjamin, shall be
for the prince.
23 “As
for the rest
of the tribes:
from the east
side to the
west side,
Benjamin, one portion.
24 “By
the border of
Benjamin, from the
east side to
the west side,
Simeon, one portion.
25 “By
the border of
Simeon, from the
east side to
the west side,
Issachar, one portion.
26 “By
the border of
Issachar, from the
east side to
the west side,
Zebulun, one portion.
27 “By
the border of
Zebulun, from the
east side to
the west side,
Gad, one portion.
28 “By
the border of
Gad, at the
south side
southward, the
border shall be
even from Tamar
to the waters
of Meribath Kadesh,
to the brook,
to the great
sea.
29 “This
is the land
which you shall
divide by lot
to the tribes
of Israel for
inheritance, and
these are
their several portions,
says the Lord
GOD.
30 “These are
the exits of
the city: On
the north side four
thousand five hundred reeds
by measure;
31 and
the gates of
the city shall
be named after
the tribes of
Israel, three
gates northward:
the gate of
Reuben, one; the
gate of Judah,
one; the gate
of Levi, one.
32 “At
the east side
four thousand five
hundred reeds, and
three gates: even
the gate of
Joseph, one; the
gate of Benjamin,
one; the gate
of Dan, one.
33 “At
the south side
four thousand five
hundred reeds by
measure, and three
gates: the gate
of Simeon, one;
the gate of
Issachar, one; the
gate of Zebulun,
one.
34 “At
the west side
four thousand five
hundred reeds, with their
three gates: the
gate of Gad,
one; the gate
of Asher, one; the
gate of Naphtali,
one.
35 “It
shall be
eighteen thousand reeds
in circumference; and
the name of
the city from
that day shall
be, ‘The LORD
is there.’