Ezekiel 48:20

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18 The rest of the length, alongside the district of the holy section, shall be ten thousand cubits to the east and ten thousand to the west. It shall be adjacent to the district of the holy section, and its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.

19 ^aThe workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

20 The entire district shall be twenty-five thousand cubits by twenty-five thousand cubits, foursquare. You shall set apart the holy district with the property of the city.

21 ^a“The rest shall belong to the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city’s property, next to the twenty-five thousand cubits of the holy district as far as the eastern border, and westward next to the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, adjacent to the tribal portions; it shall belong to the prince. It shall be the holy district, ^band the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the center.

22 Moreover, apart from the possession of the Levites and the possession of the city which are in the midst of what belongs to the prince, the area between the border of Judah and the border of ^aBenjamin shall belong to the prince.

23 “As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west, Benjamin shall have one section;

24 by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, ^aSimeon shall have one section;

25 by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west, ^aIssachar shall have one section;

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Ezekiel 48:20

The holy ... with ... - Or, "a fourth part as the holy oblation, for" etc.

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