Ezekiel:48:1-29
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And these are the names of the tribes from the northern (
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Or ,
end (:
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corner ,
on the side of the decent that draws a line to the entrance of Emath the Hebrews .
Hazarenan ;
Alex .
the palace ,
or court of Æ
nan palace of Æ
lam ,
the border of Damascus northward on the side of Emath the palace ;
and they shall have the eastern parts as far as the sea ,
for Dan ,
one portion .
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And from the borders of Dan eastward as far as the west sea-coast ,
for Asser ,
one .
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And from the borders of Asser ,
from the eastern parts as far as the (
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Or ,
sea-coasts (:
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west coasts ,
for Nephthalim ,
one .
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And from the borders of Nephthalim ,
from the east as far as the west coasts ,
for Manasse ,
one .
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And from the borders of Manasse ,
from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts ,
for Ephraim ,
one .
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And from the borders of Ephraim ,
from the eastern parts to the west coasts ,
for Ruben ,
one .
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And from the borders of Ruben ,
from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts ,
for Juda ,
one .
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And from the borders of Juda ,
from the eastern parts shall be the offering of first-fruits ,
in the breadth twenty-five thousand reeds ,
and in length as one of the portions measured from the east even to the western parts :
and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of them .
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As for the first-fruits which they shall (
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Lit .
separate (:
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offer to the Lord ,
it shall be in length twenty-five thousand ,
and in breadth twenty-five thousand .
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Out of this shall be the first-fruits of the holy things to the priests ,
northward ,
five and twenty-thousand , (
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Alex . +’
in length ’(:
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and towards the west ,
ten thousand ,
Alex . +’
in breadth ’
and southward ,
five and twenty thousand :
and the mountain of the sanctuary ,
shall be in the midst of it ,
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for the priests ,
for the consecrated sons of Sadduc ,
who keep the charges of the house ,
who erred not in the error of the children of Israel ,
as the Levites erred .
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And the first-fruits shall be given to them out of the first-fruits of the land ,
even a most holy portion from the borders of the Levites .
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And the Levites shall have the part ,
next to the borders of the priests ,
in length twenty-five thousand ,
and in breadth ten thousand :
the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand ,
and the breadth twenty thousand .
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No part of it shall be sold ,
nor measured as for sale ,
neither shall the first-fruits of the land be taken away :
for they are holy to the Lord .
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But concerning the five thousand that remain in the breadth in the five and twenty thousand ,
they shall be a (
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Lit .
outwork of a wall (:
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suburb to the city for dwelling ,
and for a space before it :
and the city shall be in the midst thereof .
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And these shall be its dimensions ;
from the northern side four thousand and five hundred ,
and from the southern side four thousand and five hundred ,
and from the eastern side four thousand and five hundred ,
and from the western side they shall measure four thousand five hundred .
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And there shall be a space to the city northward two hundred and fifty ,
and southward two hundred and fifty ,
and eastward two hundred and fifty ,
and westward two hundred and fifty .
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And the remainder of the length that is next to the first-fruits of the holy (
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Gr .
plural (:
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portion shall be ten thousand eastward ,
and ten thousand westward :
and they shall be the first-fruits of the sanctuary ;
and the fruits sc .
the land thereof shall be for bread to them that labour for the city .
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And they that labour for the city shall labour for it out of all the tribes of Israel .
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The (
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sc .
of land (:
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whole offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand :
ye shall separate again part of it ,
the first-fruits of the sanctuary ,
from the possession of the city .
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And the prince shall have the remainder on this side and on that side from the first-fruits of the sanctuary ,
and there shall be (
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Or ,
a space for a possession (:
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a possession of the city ,
for five and twenty thousand cubits in length ,
to the eastern and western borders ,
for five and twenty thousand to the western borders ,
next to the portions of the prince ;
and the first-fruits of the holy things and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it .
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And there shall be a portion taken from the Levites ,
from the possession of the city in the midst of the princes between the borders of Juda and the borders of Benjamin ,
and it shall be the portion of the princes .
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And as for the rest of the tribes ,
from the eastern parts as far as the western ,
Benjamin shall have one portion .
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And from the borders of Benjamin ,
from the eastern parts to the western ,
Symeon ,
one .
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And from the borders of Symeon ,
from the eastern parts to the western ,
Issachar ,
one .
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And from the borders of Issachar ,
from the eastern parts to the western ,
Zabulon ,
one .
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And from the borders of Zabulon ,
from the east to the western parts ,
Gad ,
one .
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And from the borders of Gad , (
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Alex .—’
from the eastern ’(:
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from the eastern parts to the south-western parts ;
his coasts shall even be from Thaeman ,
and the water of Barimoth Cades ,
Gr .
of for an inheritance ,
unto the great sea .
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This is the land ,
which ye shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel ,
and these are their portions ,
saith the Lord God .