1
Now these
are the names of the tribes. From the side of the north by the way of Hethlon, as one goes to Hamath, Hazarenan, to the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; Dan shall have a
portion, his sides being to the east and to the west.
2
And next to the border of Dan, from the east side unto the side of the sea, Asher shall have a
portion.
3
And next to the border of Asher, from the east side unto the side of the sea, a
portion for Naphtali.
4
And next to the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the side of the sea, a
portion for Manasseh.
5
And next to the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the side of the sea, a
portion for Ephraim.
6
And next to the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the side of the sea, a
portion for Reuben.
7
And next to the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the side of the sea, a
portion for Judah.
8
And next to the border of Judah, from the east side unto the side of the sea, shall be the lot which ye shall set apart of twenty-five thousand
reeds in breadth, and
in length as one of the
other portions;
that is, from the east side unto the side of the sea: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
9
The lot that ye shall separate unto the LORD
shall be of twenty-five thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.
10
And from there shall be the holy lot of the priests; toward the north twenty-five thousand
reeds in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
11
The priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, which have kept my charge, which did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.