^48:10These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles⁶ in length, toward the west three and one-third miles⁷ in width, toward the east three and one-third miles⁸ in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles⁹ in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle. ^48:11This 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.¹⁰^48:12It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

^48:13“Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles¹¹ in length and three and one-third miles¹² in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles¹³ and the width three and one-third miles.¹⁴^48:14They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart¹⁵ to the Lord.

^48:15“The remainder, one and two-thirds miles¹⁶ in width and eight and a quarter miles¹⁷ 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; ^48:16these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles,¹⁸ 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. ^48:17The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437½ feet,¹⁹ on the south 437½ feet, on the east 437½ feet, and on the west 437½ feet. ^48:18The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles²⁰ 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. ^48:19The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it. ^48:20The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles²¹ square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

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Footnotes

6 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
7 Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
8 Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
9 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
10 Heb “strayed off.”
11 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
12 Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
13 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
14 Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
15 Or “holy.”
16 Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
17 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
18 Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
19 Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.
20 Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.
21 Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).