"Now athese are the names
of the tribes
: from the northern
extremity
, 1beside
the way
of Hethlon
to 2Lebo-hamath
, as far as Hazar-enan
at the border
of Damascus
, toward the north
1beside
Hamath
, 3running
from east
to west
, bDan
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Dan
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aAsher
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Asher
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aNaphtali
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Naphtali
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aManasseh
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Manasseh
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aEphraim
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Ephraim
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aReuben
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Reuben
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aJudah
, one
portion.
"And beside the border
of Judah
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, shall be the 1allotment
which
you shall 2set
apart
, 25,000
3cubits in width
, and in length
like one
of the portions
, from the east
side
to the west
side
; and the asanctuary
shall be in the middle
of it.
"The allotment that you shall set
apart
to the LORD
shall be 25,000
cubits in length
and 10,000
in width
.
"The holy allotment
shall be for these
, namely for the apriests
, toward the north
25,000
cubits in length, toward the west
10,000
in width
, toward the east
10,000
in width
, and toward the south
25,000
in length
; and the sanctuary
of the LORD
shall be in its midst
.
"It shall be for the priests who are sanctified
of the asons
of Zadok
, who
have kept
My charge
, who
did not go
astray
when the sons
of Israel
went
astray
as the bLevites
went
astray
.
"It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment
of the land
, a most
holy
place
, by the border
of the Levites
.
"Alongside the border
of the priests
the Levites
shall have 25,000
cubits in length
and 10,000
in width
. The whole
length
shall be 25,000
cubits and the width
10,000
.
"Moreover, they ashall not sell or exchange
any
of it, or alienate
this 1choice
portion of land
; for it is holy
to the LORD
.
"The remainder, 5,000
cubits in width
and 25,000
1in length
, shall be for acommon
use
for the city
, for dwellings
and for 2open
spaces
; and the city
shall be in its midst
.
"These shall be its measurements
: the north
side
4,500
cubits, the south
side
a4,500
cubits, the east
side
4,500
cubits, and the west
side
4,500
cubits.
"The city shall have
1open
spaces
: on the north
250
cubits, on the south
250
cubits, on the east
250
cubits, and on the west
250
cubits.
"The remainder of the length
alongside
the holy
allotment
shall be 10,000
cubits toward the east
and 10,000
toward the west
; and it shall be 1alongside
the holy
allotment
. And its produce
shall be food
for the workers
of the city
.
"The workers of the city
, out of all
the tribes
of Israel
, shall cultivate
it.
"The whole allotment
shall be 25,000
by 25,000
cubits; you shall 1set
apart
the holy
allotment
, a 2square
, with the 3property
of the city
.
"The aremainder shall be for the prince
, on the one
side
and on the other
of the holy
allotment
and of the 1property
of the city
; in front
of the 25,000
cubits of the allotment
toward
the east
border
and westward
in front
of the 25,000
toward
the west
border
, alongside
the portions
, it shall be for the prince
. And the holy
allotment
and the sanctuary
of the house
shall be in the middle
of it.
"Exclusive of the 1property
of the Levites
and the 1property
of the city
, which are in the middle
of that which
belongs
to the prince
, everything between
the border
of Judah
and the border
of Benjamin
shall be for the prince
.
"As for the rest of the tribes
: from the east
side
to the west
side
, aBenjamin
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Benjamin
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aSimeon
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Simeon
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aIssachar
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Issachar
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aZebulun
, one
portion.
"Beside the border
of Zebulun
, from the east
side
to the west
side
, aGad
, one
portion.
"And beside the border
of Gad
, at the south
side
toward the south
, the border
shall be from aTamar
to the waters
of Meribath-kadesh
, to the brook
of Egypt, to the bGreat
Sea
.
"This is the aland
which
you shall divide
by lot
to the tribes
of Israel
for an inheritance
, and these
are their several portions
," declares
the Lord
1GOD
.
"These are the exits
of the city
: on the anorth
side
, 4,500
cubits by measurement
,
1shall be the gates of the city
, 2 anamed
for the tribes
of Israel
, three
gates
toward the north
: the gate
of Reuben
, one
; the gate
of Judah
, one
; the gate
of Levi
, one
.
"On the east side
, 4,500
cubits, 1shall be three
gates
: the gate
of Joseph
, one
; the gate
of Benjamin
, one
; the gate
of Dan
, one
.
"On the south side
, 4,500
cubits by measurement
, 1shall be three
gates
: the gate
of Simeon
, one
; the gate
of Issachar
, one
; the gate
of Zebulun
, one
.
"On the west side
, 4,500
cubits, shall be three
gates
: the gate
of Gad
, one
; the gate
of Asher
, one
; the gate
of Naphtali
, one
.
"The city shall be 18,000 cubits round
about
; and the aname
of the city
from that day
shall be, ` 1The bLORD
is there
.' "