45And when you allocate the land as an inheritance, you shall provide a contribution for Yahweh as a holy portion from the land, its length being twenty-five thousand cubits^a and its width ten thousand cubits;^b it is holy in all its territory, all around. ²And there shall be from this area five hundred cubits^c by five hundred cubits, squared all around, for the sanctuary; and fifty cubits^d^e of open space shall be for it all around it. ³And from this measured area you shall measure a length of twenty-five^f thousand cubits^g and a width of ten thousand cubits,^h and in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place.ⁱ ⁴It^j is a holy portion from the land; it will be for the priests, the servants of the sanctuary who approach^k to serve Yahweh, and it will be for them a place for houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. ⁵And an area twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand cubits in width will be for the Levites, the servants of the temple. It will serve as property for them as cities to dwell in.^l

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Footnotes

aOr 8.33 miles
bHebrew 3.5 miles; LXX reads 6.67 miles in width, or 20,000 cubits (cf. 45:3, 5; 48:9)
cThat is, “875 feet by 875 feet”
dHebrew “cubit”
eThat is, “87.5 feet”
fAccording to the reading tradition (Qere)
gThat is, 8.33 miles; cf. 45:5
hThat is, 3.5 miles; cf. 45:5
iLiterally “the holiness of holinesses”
jOr “this area”
kLiterally “the ones who approach”
lLiterally “twenty chambers”