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1 Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part.
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8 Now these are the shmot of the Shevatim (Tribes). From the northern frontier near the derech Chetlon, as one goeth to Chamat, to Chatzar Enan, to the northward border of Damascus, near Chamat; for these are his, from the eastern side to the western side, Dan, one portion.
2 And on the limit of Dan, from the east side to the west side: Asher, one part.
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And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher, one portion.
3 And on the limit of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one part.
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And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
4 And on the limit of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one part.
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And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Menasheh, one portion.
5 And on the limit of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one part.
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And by the border of Menasheh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephrayim, one portion.
6 And on the limit of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one part.
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And by the border of Ephrayim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuven, one portion.
7 And on the limit of Reuben, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one part.
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And by the border of Reuven, from the east side unto the west side, Yehudah, one portion.
8 And on the limit of Judah, from the east side to the west side, will be the offering which you are to make, twenty-five thousand wide, and as long as one of the parts, from the east side to the west side: and the holy place will be in the middle of it.
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And by the border of Yehudah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the terumah [dedicated reserve of land] which ye shall offer of five and twenty elef [cubits] wide, and in length equal to one of the other portions, from the east side unto the west side; and the Bais [HaMikdash] shall be within it.
9 The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide.
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The terumah that ye shall offer unto Hashem shall be of five and twenty elef [cubits] in length, and of ten elef [cubits] in width.
10 And for these, that is the priests, the holy offering is to be twenty-five thousand long to the north, ten thousand wide to the west, ten thousand wide to the east and twenty-five thousand long to the south; and the holy place of the Lord will be in the middle of it.
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And for them, even for the kohanim, shall be this terumat hakodesh; toward the north five and twenty elef, and toward the west ten elef in width, and toward the east ten elef in width, and toward the south five and twenty elef in length; and the Mikdash Hashem shall be within thereof.
11 For the priests who have been made holy, those of the sons of Zadok who kept the orders I gave them, who did not go out of the right way when the children of Israel went from the way, as the Levites did,
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It shall be for the kohanim hamekudash (set apart as kodesh) of the Bnei Tzadok; which have been shomer over My mishmeret, which went not astray when the Bnei Yisroel went astray, as the Levi’im went astray.
12 Even for them will be the offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, on the limit of the land given to the Levites.
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And this terumiyyah (separated portion) for the kohanim, out of the terumat ha’aretz, kodesh kodashim, next to the border of the Levi’im.
13 And the Levites are to have a part of the land equal to the limit of the priests', twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide, all of it together to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty thousand wide.
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And over against the border of the kohanim, the Levi’im shall have five and twenty elef in length, and ten elef in width; all the length shall be five and twenty elef, and the width ten elef.
14 And they are not to let any of it go for a price, or give it in exchange; and the part of the land given to the Lord is not to go into other hands: for it is holy to the Lord.
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And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor transfer the reshit ha’aretz (prime land); for it is kodesh unto Hashem.
15 And the other five thousand, measured from side to side, in front of the twenty-five thousand, is to be for common use, for the town, for living in and for a free space: and the town will be in the middle of it.
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And the five alafim, that are left in the width over against the five and twenty elef, shall be chol (secular, unconsecrated) for the Ir, for dwelling, and for migrash (open lands); and the Ir shall be within thereof.
16 And these will be its measures: the north side, four thousand five hundred, and the south side, four thousand five hundred, and on the east side, four thousand five hundred, and on the west side, four thousand five hundred.
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And these shall be the measurement thereof; the north side four alafim and five hundred, and the south side four alafim and five hundred, and on the east side four alafim and five hundred, and the west side four alafim and five hundred.
17 And the town will have a free space on the north of two hundred and fifty, on the south of two hundred and fifty, on the east of two hundred and fifty, and on the west of two hundred and fifty.
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And the migrash (open land) of the Ir shall extend toward the north two hundred and fifty [cubits], and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
18 And the rest, in measure as long as the holy offering, will be ten thousand to the east and ten thousand to the west: and its produce will be for food for the workers of the town.
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And the remainder of that area running lengthwise along the terumat hakodesh shall measure ten alafim [cubits] eastward, and ten alafim westward; and the increase thereof shall be for lechem unto them that serve the Ir.
19 It will be farmed by workers of the town from all the tribes of Israel.
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And they that serve the Ir shall serve it out of all the Shivtei Yisroel.
20 The size of the offering all together is to be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you are to make the holy offering a square, together with the property of the town.
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All the terumah shall be foursquare, five and twenty elef by five and twenty elef; ye shall set apart as the terumat hakodesh and the property of the Ir.
21 And the rest is to be for the prince, on this side and on that side of the holy offering and of the property of the town, in front of the twenty-five thousand to the east, as far as the east limit, and to the west, in front of the twenty-five thousand, as far as the west limit, and of the same measure as those parts; it will be the property of the prince: and the holy offering and holy place of the house will be in the middle of it.
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And the remainder shall be for the Nasi, on the one side and on the other of the terumat hakodesh, and of the property of the Ir, along the five and twenty elef of the terumah toward the east border, and westward along the five and twenty elef toward the west border, along the chalakim (tribal portions) for the Nasi; and it shall be the terumat hakodesh; and the Mikdash HaBayit shall be within thereof.
22 And the property of the Levites and the property of the town will be in the middle of the prince's property; between the limit of Judah's part and the limit of Benjamin's part will be for the prince.
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Moreover from the property of the Levi’im, and from the property of the Ir, being in the midst of that which belongs to the Nasi, between the border of Yehudah and the border of Binyamin, shall be for the Nasi.
23 And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one part.
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As for the rest of the Shevatim, from the east side unto the west side, Binyamin, one portion.
24 And on the limit of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side: Simeon, one part.
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And by the border of Binyamin, from the east side unto the west side, Shim’on, one portion.
25 And on the limit of Simeon, from the east side to the west side: Issachar, one part.
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And by the border of Shim’on, from the east side unto the west side, Yissakhar, one portion.
26 And on the limit of Issachar, from the east side to the west side: Zebulun, one part.
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And by the border of Yissakhar, from the east side unto the west side, Zevulun, one portion.
27 And on the limit of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side: Gad one part.
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And by the border of Zevulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one portion.
28 And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea.
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And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Merivat-Kadesh, to the wadi [of Egypt] the the Yam HaGadol (the Great Sea, i.e., Mediterranean Sea).
29 This is the land of which distribution is to be made by the decision of the Lord, among the tribes of Israel for their heritage, and these are their heritages, says the Lord.
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This is ha’aretz which ye shall allot unto the Shivtei Yisroel for nachalah, and these are their portions, saith Adonoi Hashem.
30 And these are the outskirts of the town: on the north side, four thousand five hundred by measure;
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And these are the outer limits of the Ir on the north side, four alafim and five hundred measures.
31 And the doors of the town are to be named by the names of the tribes of Israel; three doors on the north, one for Reuben, one for Judah, one for Levi;
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And the she’arim of the Ir shall be after the shmot of the Shivtei Yisroel; three she’arim northward: one sha’ar of Reuven, one sha’ar of Yehudah, one sha’ar of Levi.
32 And at the east side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Joseph, one for Benjamin, one for Dan;
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And at the east side four alafim and five hundred; and three she’arim: one sha’ar of Yosef, one sha’ar of Binyamin, one sha’ar of Dan.
33 And at the south side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Simeon, one for Issachar, one for Zebulun;
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And at the south side four alafim and five hundred measures; and three she’arim: one sha’ar of Shim’on, one sha’ar of Yissakhar, one sha’ar of Zevulun.
34 At the west side, four thousand five hundred by measure, with their three doors, one for Gad, one for Asher, one for Naphtali.
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At the west side four alafim and five hundred, with their three she’arim: one sha’ar of Gad, one sha’ar of Asher, one sha’ar of Naphtali.
35 It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.
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It was all around eighteen elef in circumference; and the shem of the Ir from that day shall be, Hashem Shammah (Hashem is there).
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