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The whole portion that you shall set apart shall be twenty-five thousand cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.
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What remains on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city shall belong to the prince. Extending from the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the twenty-five thousand cubits to the west border, parallel to the tribal portions, it shall belong to the prince. The holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple in the middle of it,
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and the property of the Levites and of the city, shall be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion of the prince shall lie between the territory of Judah and the territory of Benjamin.
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As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion.
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Adjoining the territory of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon, one portion.
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Adjoining the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar, one portion.
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Adjoining the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun, one portion.
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Adjoining the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad, one portion.
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And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south, the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, from there along the Wadi of Egypt to the Great Sea.
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This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord God.
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These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits by measure,
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three gates, the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel.
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On the east side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates, the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
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On the south side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits by measure, three gates, the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
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On the west side, which is to be four thousand five hundred cubits, three gates, the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.
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The circumference of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord is There.