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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 .