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Division of the Land
1“Now these are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, [a]beside the way of Hethlon to [b]Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north [c]beside Hamath, [d]running from east to west, Dan, one portion.
2Beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.
3Beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
4Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
5Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.
6Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
7Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.
8“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [e]allotment which you shall [f]set apart, twenty-five thousand [g]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
9The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.
Portion for the Priests
10The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north twenty-five thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, 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 its midst.
11It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have [h]taken the responsibility I gave them, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the Levites went astray.
12It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy reserve, by the border of the Levites.
13And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the width ten thousand.
14Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this [i]choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the LORD.
15“The remainder, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand [j]in length, shall be for common use for the city, for homes and for [k]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.
16And 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.
17The city shall have [l]open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.
18The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be ten thousand cubits toward the east and ten thousand toward the west; and it shall be [m]alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.