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Now these are the names of the tribes. From the northend to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath,Hazarenan, the border of Damascusnorthward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sideseast and west;a portion for Dan.
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And by the border of Dan, from the eastside unto the westside,a portion for Asher.
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And by the border of Asher, from the eastside even unto the westside,a portion for Naphtali.
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And by the border of Naphtali, from the eastside unto the westside,a portion for Manasseh.
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And by the border of Manasseh, from the eastside unto the westside,a portion for Ephraim.
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And by the border of Ephraim, from the eastside even unto the westside,a portion for Reuben.
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And by the border of Reuben, from the eastside unto the westside,a portion for Judah.
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And by the border of Judah, from the eastside unto the westside, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twentythousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the eastside unto the westside: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
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The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twentythousand in length, and of tenthousand in breadth.
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And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holyoblation; toward the northfive and twentythousand in length, and toward the westtenthousand in breadth, and toward the easttenthousand in breadth, and toward the southfive and twentythousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
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It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
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And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing mostholy by the border of the Levites.
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And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twentythousand in length, and tenthousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twentythousand, and the breadthtenthousand.
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And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
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And the fivethousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twentythousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
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And these shall be the measures thereof; the northsidefourthousand and fivehundred, and the southsidefourthousand and fivehundred, and on the eastsidefourthousand and fivehundred, and the westsidefourthousand and five*hundred.
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And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
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And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be tenthousandeastward, and tenthousandwestward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
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And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
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All the oblation shall be five and twentythousand by five and twentythousand: ye shall offer the holyoblationfoursquare, with the possession of the city.
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And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holyoblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twentythousand of the oblation toward the eastborder, and westward over against the five and twentythousand toward the westborder, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holyoblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
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Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
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As for the rest of the tribes, from the eastside unto the westside,Benjamin shall have a portion.
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And by the border of Benjamin, from the eastside unto the westside,Simeon shall have a portion.
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And by the border of Simeon, from the eastside unto the westside,Issachara portion.
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And by the border of Issachar, from the eastside unto the westside,Zebuluna portion.
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And by the border of Zebulun, from the eastside unto the westside,Gada portion.
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And by the border of Gad, at the southsidesouthward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife[a]* in Kadesh, and to the river toward the greatsea.
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This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions,saith the LordGOD.
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And these are the goings out of the city on the northside,fourthousand and fivehundredmeasures.
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And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel:threegatesnorthward;onegate of Reuben,onegate of Judah,onegate of Levi.
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And at the eastsidefourthousand and fivehundred: and threegates; and onegate of Joseph,onegate of Benjamin,onegate of Dan.
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And at the southsidefourthousand and fivehundredmeasures: and threegates;onegate of Simeon,onegate of Issachar,onegate of Zebulun.
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At the westsidefourthousand and fivehundred, with their threegates;onegate of Gad,onegate of Asher,onegate of Naphtali.
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It was round abouteighteen*thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.[b]