¹“And when you ^adivide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer ¹an ^ballotment to the Lord, a ^choly portion of the land; the length shall be the length of 25,000 ^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 ^afive hundred by five hundred cubits, and fifty cubits for its ¹^bopen space round about.

³“From this ¹area you shall measure a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the most holy place.

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 the Lord, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

⁵“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 ¹cities to dwell in.

⁶“You shall give the ^acity possession of an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, alongside the ¹allotment of the holy portion; it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

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Footnotes

1Or a contribution
2Or with Gr 10,000
1Or pasture land
1Lit measure
1So with Gr; M.T. twenty chambers
1Or contribution

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