Verse 1

When you divide the land as an inheritance, you are to set apart a portion of the land as a holy offering to the Lord. The length is to be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand cubits. It will be a holy area throughout its entire boundary.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når dere deler ut landet som arv, skal dere heve en hellig gave til Herren. Den skal være 25 000 alen lang og 10 000 alen bred, og dette området skal være hellig.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Når dere fordeler landet ved loddtrekning som arv, skal dere sette av et offer til Herren, en hellig del av landet: lengden skal være tjuefem tusen stenger, og bredden ti tusen. Dette skal være hellig innenfor alle dets grenser rundt omkring.

• Norsk King James

  Når dere nå skal dele landet som arv ved loddtrekking, skal dere ofre en gave til Herren, en hellig del av landet: lengden skal være fem og tjue tusen alen, og bredden skal være ti tusen. Dette skal være hellig i alle grensene rundt omkring.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når dere fordeler landet som arv ved loddtrekning, skal dere avsette en del til Herren, som en hellig del av landet. Denne delen skal være 25 000 måleenheter lang og 10 000 bred, og den skal være hellig i hele sin omkrets.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når dere deler landet til eiendom, skal dere ta en offergave til Herren, en hellig del av landet. Lengden skal være tjuefem tusen alen, og bredden ti tusen alen. Den skal være hellig innenfor hele området.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når dere skal fordele landet ved loddtrekning til arv, skal dere gi en offergave til Herren, en hellig del av landet: lengden skal være tjuefem tusen stenger, og bredden ti tusen. Dette skal være hellig innenfor alle dets grenser rundt omkring.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dessuten, når dere skal dele landet for arv ved loddtrekning, skal dere bringe Herren en offergave, en hellig del av landet: lengden skal være 25 000 siv, og bredden 10 000. Dette skal være hellig langs alle grensene omkring.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Når dere skal fordele landet ved loddtrekning til arv, skal dere gi en offergave til Herren, en hellig del av landet: lengden skal være tjuefem tusen stenger, og bredden ti tusen. Dette skal være hellig innenfor alle dets grenser rundt omkring.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når dere deler ut landet som arv, skal dere avsette en hellig offergave til Herren; en hellig del skal settes av, med en lengde på tjuefem tusen lengdeenheter og en bredde på ti tusen. Dette skal være hellig i hele sitt område rundt.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når dere fordeler landet som arv, skal dere avgi en hellig gave til Herren, et stykke av landet som skal være 25 000 alen langt og 10 000 alen bredt. Denne delen skal være hellig innenfor hele området rundt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og naar I lade Landet falde til Arv (ved Lod), skulle I opløfte en Opløftelse, en Hellighed for Herren, af Landet. Længden skal være fem og tyve tusinde (Rør) lang, og Bredden ti tusinde; den (Plads skal være) hellig i al sin Grændse trindt omkring.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Når dere deler ut landet som arv, skal dere gi et offer til Herren, en hellig del av landet: lengden skal være femogtyve tusen staver, og bredden ti tusen. Dette skal være hellig innen alle dets grenser rundt omkring.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to the LORD, a holy portion of the land: the length shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth. This shall be holy within all its borders all around.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Når dere deler ut landet til arv ved loddkasting, skal dere gi en offergave til Herren, en hellig del av landet; lengden skal være tjuefem tusen [rør], og bredden skal være ti tusen: det skal være hellig for alle kantene rundt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når dere fordeler landet som arv, skal dere løfte opp et offer til Herren, en hellig del av landet: lengden er tjuefem tusen, og bredden ti tusen; den er hellig innenfor alle dens grenser.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når dere deler landet ved loddtrekning for arv, skal dere gi en offergave til Herren, en hellig del av landet; lengden skal være tjuefem tusen stenger, og bredden skal være ti tusen: det skal være hellig på hele grensen rundt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Når dere skal fordele landet etter Herrens bestemmelse som arv til dere, skal dere gi Herren en hellig del av landet som offergave. Den skal være tjuefem tusen lang og tjue tusen bred. Hele området innenfor dette skal være hellig.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  When ye deuyde the lode by the lott, ye shal put asyde one parte for the LORDE, to be holy from other londes: namely, xxv M meteroddes longe, and x M brode. This shalbe holy, as wyde as it is rounde aboute.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Moreouer when yee shall deuide the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation vnto the Lorde an holy portion of the land, fiue and twentie thousand reedes long, and ten thousand broad: this shalbe holy in all the borders thereof round about.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When ye deuide the land by the lot for inheritaunce, ye shall offer an oblation to the Lorde, a holy portion of the lande, twentie and fiue thousand canes long, and ten thousand broade: this shalbe holy in all the borders thereof rounde about.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length [shall be] the length of five and twenty thousand [reeds], and the breadth [shall be] ten thousand. This [shall be] holy in all the borders thereof round about.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand [reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border of it round about.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in your causing the land to fall in inheritance, ye lift up a heave-offering to Jehovah, a holy `portion' of the land: the length -- five and twenty thousand `is' the length, and the breadth ten thousand; it `is' holy in all its border round about.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto Jehovah, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand [reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border thereof round about.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when you are making a distribution of the land, by the decision of the Lord, for your heritage, you are to make an offering to the Lord of a part of the land as holy: it is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty thousand wide: all the land inside these limits is to be holy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand [reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all its border all around.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord’s Portion of the Land“‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment to the LORD, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. This entire area will be holy.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 48:29 : 29 This is the land you shall divide as an inheritance for the tribes of Israel, and these shall be their portions, declares the Lord GOD.
• Zech 14:20-21 : 20 On that day, the bells of the horses will be inscribed with 'Holy to the Lord,' and the pots in the house of the Lord will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar. 21 On that day, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts. All who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And there will no longer be any Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts on that day.
• Num 34:13 : 13 Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.
• Josh 13:6 : 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate the land to Israel for an inheritance as I have commanded you.
• Josh 14:2 : 2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.
• Ps 16:5-6 : 5 The LORD is my portion and my cup; You hold my lot secure. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
• Prov 3:9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and from the firstfruits of all your produce.
• Ezek 45:2-7 : 2 Out of this, a square plot of five hundred by five hundred cubits will be for the sanctuary, with a fifty-cubit-wide open space surrounding it. 3 From this measured area, you are to measure twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width. Within it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 This holy portion of the land will be set aside for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who draw near to serve the Lord. It will provide them with a place for their houses and a sanctuary for the sanctuary. 5 An area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width will be for the Levites, who serve in the temple. It will be their possession, including twenty chambers. 6 You are to allot a portion for the city, five thousand cubits in width and twenty-five thousand cubits in length, alongside the portion set apart for the holy offering. This will belong to the entire house of Israel. 7 The prince will have land on both sides of the holy offering and the property of the city, alongside the areas of the holy offering and the city’s property, stretching westward to the western boundary and eastward to the eastern boundary. It will correspond in length to one of the tribal portions, reaching from the western border to the eastern border.
• Ezek 47:21-22 : 21 You are to divide this land among the tribes of Israel. 22 You are to allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you and have children. They are to be considered native-born Israelites and are to share the inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
• Ezek 48:8-9 : 8 Next to the territory of Judah, from the eastern border to the western border, shall be the portion you set apart as a special contribution, 25,000 cubits wide and as long as the portions from east to west; the sanctuary will be in the center of it. 9 The special contribution that you shall set apart for the Lord shall measure 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 cubits in width. 10 This holy contribution shall be for the priests: 25,000 cubits on the north side, 10,000 cubits in width on the west side, 10,000 cubits in width on the east side, and 25,000 cubits in length on the south side. In its center shall be the sanctuary of the Lord. 11 It shall be for the consecrated priests of the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary and did not go astray when the Israelites and the Levites did. 12 Their portion shall be the special offering given from the land, a most holy portion, next to the territory of the Levites. 13 The Levites shall have a portion parallel to the territory of the priests, measuring 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length shall be 25,000 cubits, and its width shall be 10,000 cubits. 14 This land must not be sold, exchanged, or transferred, for it is holy to the Lord; it is set apart as the firstfruits of the land. 15 The remaining area, which is 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 cubits long, shall be considered common land for the city, for dwelling places, and for open spaces. The city itself shall be in the midst of it. 16 These are its measurements: the northern side shall be 4,500 cubits wide, the southern side 4,500 cubits, the eastern side 4,500 cubits, and the western side 4,500 cubits. 17 The city's open land shall measure 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west. 18 The remaining area, running along the length of the holy contribution, is 10,000 cubits to the east and 10,000 cubits to the west. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. 19 The workers of the city, recruited from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20 The entire contribution shall measure 25,000 cubits by 25,000 cubits, forming a square, and this will include the holy portion and the city’s property. 21 The remaining land on both sides of the holy contribution and the city property will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward to the border and westward to the border, equal to the portions of the tribes. The holy contribution and the sanctuary of the temple will be in its midst. 22 The property of the Levites and the city’s property, located in the midst of the prince’s land, shall be between the boundary of Judah and the boundary of Benjamin. This area shall belong to the prince. 23 As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin shall have one portion, extending from the eastern boundary to the western boundary.
• Lev 25:23 : 23 The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine; you are only foreigners and residents with me.