¹“And when you ^adivide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer a ^bcontribution to Yahweh, a ^choly portion of the land; the length shall be the length of ¹25,000 ^dcubits, and the width shall be ²20,000. It shall be holy within all its boundary round about.

²“Out of this there shall be for the holy place a square round about ¹^afive hundred by five hundred cubits, and ²fifty cubits for its ³^bopen space round about.

³“And from this ¹area you shall measure a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of ²10,000 cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.

⁴“It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the ^apriests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who ^bcome near to minister to Yahweh, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

⁵“And an area ^a25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, and for their possession as ¹cities to dwell in.

⁶“And you shall give the ^acity possession of an area ¹5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, alongside the contribution of the holy portion; it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

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Footnotes

1Approx. 7.1 mi. long and 5.6 mi. wide or 11.25 km and 9 km
2Or with Gr 10,000
1Approx. 250 yd. or 225 m
2Approx. 75 ft. or 22.5 m
3Or pasture land
1Lit measure
2Approx. 2.8 mi. or 4.5 km
1As in Gr; M.T. twenty chambers
1Approx. 1.4 mi. or 2.25 km

Cross references

a Num 34:13; Josh 13:7; 14:3; Ezek 47:21; 48:29
b Ezek 48:8, 9
c Zech 14:20, 21
d Ezek 42:16; 45:2
a Ezek 42:20
b Ezek 27:28
a Ezek 48:10, 11
b Num 16:5; Ezek 40:45; 43:19
a Ezek 48:13
a Ezek 48:15–18, 30–35