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These are the names of the tribes :
Beginning at the northern border ,
from the sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath ,
as far as Hazar-e '
non (
which is on the northern border of Damascus over against Hamath ),
and extending from the east side to the west ,
Dan ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Dan ,
from the east side to the west ,
Asher ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Asher ,
from the east side to the west ,
Naph '
tali ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Naph '
tali ,
from the east side to the west ,
Manas '
seh ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Manas '
seh ,
from the east side to the west ,
E '
phraim ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of E '
phraim ,
from the east side to the west ,
Reuben ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Reuben ,
from the east side to the west ,
Judah ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Judah ,
from the east side to the west ,
shall be the portion which you shall set apart ,
twenty-five thousand cubits in breadth ,
and in length equal to one of the tribal portions ,
from the east side to the west ,
with the sanctuary in the midst of it .
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The portion which you shall set apart for the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand cubits in length ,
and twenty thousand in breadth .
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These shall be the allotments of the holy portion :
the priests shall have an allotment measuring twenty-five thousand cubits on the northern side ,
ten thousand cubits in breadth on the western side ,
ten thousand in breadth on the eastern side ,
and twenty-five thousand in length on the southern side ,
with the sanctuary of the LORD in the midst of it .
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This shall be for the consecrated priests ,
the sons of Zadok ,
who kept my charge ,
who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray ,
as the Levites did .
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And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land ,
a most holy place ,
adjoining the territory of the Levites .
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And alongside the territory of the priests ,
the Levites shall have an allotment twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in breadth .
The whole length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits and the breadth twenty thousand .
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They shall not sell or exchange any of it ;
they shall not alienate this choice portion of the land ,
for it is holy to the LORD .
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The remainder ,
five thousand cubits in breadth and twenty-five thousand in length ,
shall be for ordinary use for the city ,
for dwellings and for open country .
In the midst of it shall be the city ;
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and these shall be its dimensions :
the north side four thousand five hundred cubits ,
the south side four thousand five hundred ,
the east side four thousand five hundred ,
and the west side four thousand and five hundred .
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And the city shall have open land :
on the north two hundred and fifty cubits ,
on the south two hundred and fifty ,
on the east two hundred and fifty ,
and on the west two hundred and fifty .
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The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be ten thousand cubits to the east ,
and ten thousand to the west ,
and it shall be alongside the holy portion .
Its produce shall be food for the workers of the city .
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And the workers of the city ,
from all the tribes of Israel ,
shall till it .
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The whole portion which you shall set apart shall be twenty-five thousand cubits square ,
that is ,
the holy portion together with the property of the city .
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What remains on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city shall belong to the prince .
Extending from the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy portion to the east border ,
and westward from the twenty-five thousand cubits to the west border ,
parallel to the tribal portions ,
it shall belong to the prince .
The holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple in its midst ,
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and the property of the Levites and the property of the city ,
shall be in the midst of that which belongs to the prince .
The portion of the prince shall lie between the territory of Judah and the territory of Benjamin .
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As for the rest of the tribes :
from the east side to the west ,
Benjamin ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Benjamin ,
from the east side to the west ,
Simeon ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Simeon ,
from the east side to the west ,
Is '
sachar ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Is '
sachar ,
from the east side to the west ,
Zeb '
ulun ,
one portion .
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Adjoining the territory of Zeb '
ulun ,
from the east side to the west ,
Gad ,
one portion .
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And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south ,
the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-ka '
desh ,
thence along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea .
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This is the land which you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel ,
and these are their several portions ,
says the Lord GOD .