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And the city shall have open land: on the north two hundred and fifty cubits, on the south two hundred and fifty, on the east two hundred and fifty, and on the west two hundred and fifty.
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The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be ten thousand cubits to the east, and ten thousand to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
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And the workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall till it.
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The whole portion which 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 its midst,
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and the property of the Levites and the property of the city, shall be in the midst 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, Is'sachar, one portion.
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Adjoining the territory of Is'sachar, from the east side to the west, Zeb'ulun, one portion.
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Adjoining the territory of Zeb'ulun, from the east side to the west, Gad, one portion.