The Message Bible MSG
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 These are the tribes: "Dan: one portion, along the northern boundary, following the Hethlon road that turns off to the entrance of Hamath as far as Hazor-enon so that the territory of Damascus lies to the north alongside Hamath, the northern border stretching from east to west.
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et haec nomina tribuum a finibus aquilonis iuxta viam Aethlon pergentibus Emath atrium Aenon terminus Damasci ad aquilonem iuxta Emath et erit ei plaga orientalis mare Dan una
2 "Asher: one portion, bordering Dan from east to west.
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et ad terminum Dan a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris Aser una
3 "Naphtali: one portion, bordering Asher from east to west.
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et super terminum Aser a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris Nepthalim una
4 "Manasseh: one portion, bordering Naphtali from east to west.
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et super terminum Nepthalim a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris Manasse una
5 "Ephraim: one portion, bordering Manasseh from east to west.
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et super terminum Manasse a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris Ephraim una
6 "Reuben: one portion, bordering Ephraim from east to west.
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et super terminum Ephraim a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris Ruben una
7 "Judah: one portion, bordering Reuben from east to west.
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et super terminum Ruben a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris Iuda una
8 "Bordering Judah from east to west is the consecrated area that you will set aside as holy: a square approximately seven by seven miles, with the Sanctuary set at the center.
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et super terminum Iuda a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris erunt primitiae quas separabitis viginti quinque milibus latitudinis et longitudinis sicuti singulae partes a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris et erit sanctuarium in medio eius
9 The consecrated area reserved for God is to be seven miles long and a little less than three miles wide.
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primitiae quas separastis Domino longitudo viginti quinque milibus et latitudo decem milibus
10 "This is how it will be parceled out. The priest will get the area measuring seven miles on the north and south boundaries, with a width of a little more than three miles at the east and west boundaries. The Sanctuary of God will be at the center.
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hae autem erunt primitiae sanctuarii sacerdotum ad aquilonem viginti quinque milia et ad mare latitudinis decem milia sed et ad orientem latitudinis decem milia et ad meridiem longitudinis viginti quinque milia et erit sanctuarium Domini in medio eius
11 This is for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites who stayed true in their service to me and didn't get off track as the Levites did when Israel wandered off the main road.
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sacerdotibus sanctuarium erit de filiis Sadoc qui custodierunt caerimonias meas et non erraverunt cum errarent filii Israhel sicut erraverunt et Levitae
12 This is their special gift, a gift from the land itself, most holy ground, bordering the section of the Levites.
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et erunt eis primitiae de primitiis terrae sanctum sanctorum iuxta terminum Levitarum
13 "The Levites get a section equal in size to that of the priests, roughly seven by three miles.
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sed et Levitis similiter iuxta fines sacerdotum viginti quinque milia longitudinis et latitudinis decem milia omnis longitudo viginti et quinque milium et latitudo decem milium
14 They are not permitted to sell or trade any of it. It's the choice part of the land, to say nothing of being holy to God.
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et non venundabunt ex eo neque mutabunt nec transferentur primitiae terrae quia sanctificatae sunt Domino
15 "What's left of the 'sacred square' - each side measures out at seven miles by a mile and a half - is for ordinary use: the city and its buildings with open country around it, but the city at the center.
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quinque milia autem quae supersunt in latitudine per viginti quinque milia profana erunt urbis in habitaculum et in suburbana et erit civitas in medio eius
16 The north, south, east, and west sides of the city are each about a mile and a half in length.
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et heae mensurae eius ad plagam septentrionalem quingenti et quattuor milia et ad plagam meridianam quingenti et quattuor milia et ad plagam orientalem quingenti et quattuor milia et ad plagam occidentalem quingenti et quattuor milia
17 A strip of pasture, one hundred twenty-five yards wide, will border the city on all sides.
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erunt autem suburbana civitatis ad aquilonem ducenti quinquaginta et in meridie ducenti quinquaginta et ad orientem ducenti quinquaginta et ad mare ducenti quinquaginta
18 The remainder of this portion, three miles of countryside to the east and to the west of the sacred precinct, is for farming. It will supply food for the city.
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quod autem reliquum fuerit in longitudine secundum primitias sanctuarii decem milia in orientem et decem milia ad occidentem erunt sicut primitiae sanctuarii et erunt fruges eius in panes his qui serviunt civitati
19 Workers from all the tribes of Israel will serve as field hands to farm the land.
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servientes autem civitati operabuntur ex omnibus tribubus Israhel
20 "This dedicated area, set apart for holy purposes, will be a square, seven miles by seven miles, a 'holy square,' which includes the part set aside for the city.
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omnes primitiae viginti quinque milium per viginti quinque milia in quadrum separabuntur in primitias sanctuarii et possessionem civitatis
21 "The rest of this land, the country stretching east to the Jordan and west to the Mediterranean from the seven-mile sides of the 'holy square,' belongs to the prince. His land is sandwiched between the tribal portions north and south, and goes out both east and west from the 'sacred square' with its Temple at the center.
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quod autem reliquum fuerit principis erit ex omni parte primitiarum sanctuarii et possessionis civitatis e regione viginti quinque milium primitiarum usque ad terminum orientalem sed et ad mare e regione viginti quinque milium usque ad terminum maris similiter in partibus principis erit et erunt primitiae sanctuarii et sanctuarium templi in medio eius
22 The land set aside for the Levites on one side and the city on the other is in the middle of the territory assigned to the prince. The 'sacred square' is flanked east and west by the prince's land and bordered on the north and south by the territories of Judah and Benjamin respectively.
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de possessione autem Levitarum et de possessione civitatis in medio partium principis erit inter terminum Iuda et inter terminum Beniamin et ad principem pertinebit
23 "And then the rest of the tribes: "Benjamin: one portion, stretching from the eastern to the western boundary.
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et reliquis tribubus a plaga orientali usque ad plagam occidentalem Beniamin una
24 "Simeon: one portion, bordering Benjamin from east to west.
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et contra terminum Beniamin a plaga orientali usque ad plagam occidentalem Symeon una
25 "Issachar: one portion, bordering Simeon from east to west.
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et super terminum Symeonis a plaga orientali usque ad plagam occidentis Isachar una
26 "Zebulun: one portion, bordering Issachar from east to west.
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et super terminum Isachar a plaga orientali usque ad plagam occidentalem Zabulon una
27 "Gad: one portion, bordering Zebulun from east to west.
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et super terminum Zabulon a plaga orientali usque ad plagam maris Gad una
28 "The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh, along the Brook of Egypt and then out to the Great Mediterranean Sea.
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et super terminum Gad ad plagam austri in meridiem et erit finis de Thamar usque ad aquas Contradictionis Cades hereditas contra mare magnum
29 "This is the land that you are to divide up among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance. These are their portions." Decree of God, the Master.
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haec est terra quam mittetis in sortem tribubus Israhel et hae partitiones earum ait Dominus Deus
30 "These are the gates of the city. On the north side, which is 2,250 yards long
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et hii egressus civitatis a plaga septentrionali quingentos et quattuor milia mensurabis
31 (the gates of the city are named after the tribes of Israel), three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, the gate of Levi.
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et portae civitatis in nominibus tribuum Israhel portae tres a septentrione porta Ruben una porta Iudae una porta Levi una
32 "On the east side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, the gate of Dan.
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et ad plagam orientalem quingentos et quattuor milia et portae tres porta Ioseph una porta Beniamin una porta Dan una
33 "On the south side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, the gate of Zebulun.
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et ad plagam meridianam quingentos et quattuor milia metieris portam Symeonis unam portam Isachar unam portam Zabulon unam
34 "On the west side, measuring 2,250 yards, three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, the gate of Naphtali.
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et ad plagam occidentalem quingenti et quattuor milia portae eorum tres porta Gad una porta Aser una porta Nepthalim una
35 "The four sides of the city measure to a total of nearly six miles. "From now on the name of the city will be Yahweh-Shammah: "God-Is-There."
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per circuitum decem et octo milia et nomen civitatis ex illa die Dominus ibidem
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