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"Now these are the names of the tribes: from the northernextremity, beside* the way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the northbeside*Hamath, running from east to west, Dan, one portion.
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"And beside the border of Judah, from the eastside to the westside, shall be the allotmentwhich you shall setapart, 25,000** cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the eastside to the westside; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
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"The holyallotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north25,000** cubits in length, toward the west10,000* in width, toward the east10,000* in width, and toward the south25,000** in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst.
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"It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who did not goastray when the sons of Israelwentastray as the Leviteswentastray.
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"Alongside the border of the priests the Levites shall have 25,000** cubits in length and 10,000* in width. The wholelength shall be 25,000** cubits and the width10,000*.
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"The remainder, 5,000* cubits in width and 25,000** in length*, shall be for commonuse for the city, for dwellings and for openspaces; and the city shall be in its midst.
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"These shall be its measurements: the northside4,500*** cubits, the southside4,500*** cubits, the eastside4,500*** cubits, and the westside4,500*** cubits.
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"The remainder of the lengthalongside the holyallotment shall be 10,000* cubits toward the east and 10,000* toward the west; and it shall be alongside the holyallotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
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"The remainder shall be for the prince, on the oneside and on the other of the holyallotment and of the property of the city; in front of the 25,000** cubits of the allotmenttoward the eastborder and westward in front of the 25,000**toward the westborder, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holyallotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.
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"Exclusive of the property of the Levites and the property of the city, which are in the middle of that whichbelongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince.
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"And beside the border of Gad, at the southside toward the south, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh*, to the brook of Egypt, to the GreatSea.
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"This is the landwhich you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions," declares the LordGOD.
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shall be the gates of the city, named* for the tribes of Israel, threegates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
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"On the southside, 4,500*** cubits by measurement, shall be threegates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.