“Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles.
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7Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west side, Judah will have one portion.
8“Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west side will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west side; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.
9The allotment you set apart to the LORD will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.
10These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the LORD will be in the middle.
11This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did.
12It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.
1The 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.
2Of this area a square 875 feet by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87½ feet set aside for its open space round about.
3From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles and a width of three and one-third miles; in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.
4It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the LORD to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
5An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live.
6“‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles wide and eight and a quarter miles long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.
7“‘For the prince there will be land on both sides of the holy allotment and the allotted city, alongside the holy allotment and the allotted city, on the west side and on the east side; it will be comparable in length to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border
14They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the LORD.
15“The remainder, one and two-thirds miles in width and eight and a quarter miles in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it;
16these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles.
17The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet, on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet.
18The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city.
19The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it.
20The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.
21“The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.
22The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.
4The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall.
5“You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns.
29This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Sovereign LORD.
30“These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure,
19He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.
20He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.
12The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases.
13The width of the court on the east side, toward the sunrise, is to be seventy-five feet.
7“So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands.
8The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.
2“Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.
30From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep– from every kind of animal– and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”
13For the east side, toward the sunrise, it was seventy-five feet wide,
16It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
15“This will be the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad;
1Provision for Priests and Levites The Levitical priests– indeed, the entire tribe of Levi– will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the LORD and of his inheritance.
26Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion.
12There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet on either side.
5He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.
13Boundaries for the Land This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Here are the borders you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel.(Joseph will have two portions.)
20On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This is the west side.
21“This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.
3Now Moses had assigned land to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.
5Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west side, Ephraim will have one portion.
17He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick.
19As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, men were assigned to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.
10and the chambers of the court was 35 feet in width all around the temple on every side.
34On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.