Ezekiel Chapter 48
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Over against the twenty
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cubits which belonged to the inner court, and over against the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in the third story.
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And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits’ breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
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Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.
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For they were in three stories, and they had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore
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the uppermost was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
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And the wall that was without by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
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For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.
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And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the outer court.
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In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.
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And the way before them was like the appearance of
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the way of the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth: and all their egresses were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
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And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
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Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.
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When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people.
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Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
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He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
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He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.
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He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
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He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
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He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
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Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east.
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And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
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And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
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And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
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And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
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And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man stood by me.
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And he said unto me, Son of man,
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this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, and by the dead bodies of their kings
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in their high places;
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in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was
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but the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.
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Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
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Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
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And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the egresses thereof, and the entrances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And these are the names of the tribes: From the north end along the way of Hethlon, as one entereth into Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward unto near Hamath — the east and west side [belonging] to him — shall Dan have one [portion].
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And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher one.
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And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali one.
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And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh one.
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And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim one.
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And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben one.
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And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah one.
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And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the heave-offering that ye shall offer, five and twenty thousand [cubits] in breadth, and in length as one of the parts from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
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The heave-offering that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
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And for them, for the priests, shall be the holy heave-offering, toward the north five and twenty thousand, and toward the west the breadth ten thousand, and toward the east the breadth ten thousand, and toward the south the length five and twenty thousand: and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst of it.
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[It shall be] for the priests that are hallowed of the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge and went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
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And this offering heaved from the heave-offering of the land shall be unto them a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
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And answering to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
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And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first-fruits of the land: for it is holy unto Jehovah.
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And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a common [place] for the city, for dwellings and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst of it.
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And these shall be the measures thereof: the north side four thousand and five hundred [cubits], and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
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And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty [cubits], and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
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And the residue in length, alongside the holy heave-offering, shall be ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward: it shall be alongside the holy heave-offering; and the increase thereof shall be for the support of them that serve the city.
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And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
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The whole heave-offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall offer the holy heave-offering foursquare with the possession of the city.
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And the rest shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy heave-offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the five and twenty thousand of the heave-offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, answering to the [other] portions: it shall be for the prince; and the holy heave-offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.
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And from the possession of the Levites and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which shall be the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
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And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin one [portion].
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And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon one.
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And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar one.
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And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun one.
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And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad one.
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And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be from Tamar [to] the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, by the torrent, unto the great sea.
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This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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And these are the goings out of the city. On the north side, four thousand and five hundred [cubits] by measure.
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And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
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And at the east side four thousand and five hundred, and three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
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And at the south side four thousand and five hundred [cubits] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
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At the west side four thousand and five hundred, [and] their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
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Round about it was eighteen thousand [cubits]; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is there.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And these are the names of the tribes from the northern corner, on the side of the descent that draws a line to the entrance of Emath the palace of Ælam, 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 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 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 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, and towards the west, ten thousand, 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 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 [portion shall be] ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and they shall be the first-fruits of the sanctuary; and the fruits 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 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] 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, from the eastern to the south-western parts; his coasts shall even be from Thæman, and the water of Barimoth Cades, 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.
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And these are the goings out of the city northward, four thousand and five hundred by measure.
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And the gates of the city [shall be] after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Ruben, one, and the gate of Juda, one, and the gate of Levi, one.
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And eastward four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; the gate of Joseph, one, and the gate of Benjamin, one, and the gate of Dan, one.
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And southward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates; the gate of Symeon, one, and the gate of Issachar, one, and the gate of Zabulon, one.
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And westward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: [and] three gates; the gate of Gad, one, and the gate of Asser, one, and the gate of Nephthalim, one.
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The circumference, eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city, from the day that it shall be finished, shall be the name thereof.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Et hæc nomina tribuum a finibus Aquilonis iuxta viam Hethalon pergentibus Emath, atrium Enan terminus Damasci ad Aquilonem iuxta viam Emath. Et erit ei plaga Orientalis Mare, Dan una.
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Et super terminum Dan, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Aser una:
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et super terminum Aser, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Nephthali una.
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Et super terminum Nephthali, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Manasse una.
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Et super terminum Manasse, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Ephraim una.
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Et super terminum Ephraim a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Ruben una.
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Et super terminum Ruben, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Iuda una.
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Et super terminum Iuda, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, erunt primitiæ, quas separabitis, vigintiquinque millibus latitudinis et longitudinis, sicuti singulæ partes a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris: et erit sanctuarium in medio eius.
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Primitiæ, quas separabitis Domino: longitudo vigintiquinque millibus, et latitudo decem millibus.
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Hæ autem erunt primitiæ sanctuarii sacerdotum: ad Aquilonem longitudinis vigintiquinque millia, et ad Mare latitudinis decem millia, sed et ad Orientem latitudinis decem millia, et ad Meridiem longitudinis vigintiquinque millia: et erit sanctuarium Domini in medio eius.
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Sacerdotibus sanctuarium erit de filiis Sadoc, qui custodierunt ceremonias meas, et non erraverunt cum errarent filii Israel, sicut erraverunt et Levitæ.
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Et erunt eis primitiæ de primitiis terræ sanctum sanctorum, iuxta terminum Levitarum.
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Sed et Levitis similiter iuxta fines sacerdotum vigintiquinque millia longitudinis, et latitudinis decem millia. Omnis longitudo viginti et quinque millium, et latitudo decem millium.
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Et non venundabunt ex eo, neque mutabunt, neque transferentur primitiæ terræ, quia sanctificatæ sunt Domino.
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Quinque millia autem quæ supersunt in latitudine per vigintiquinque millia, profana erunt urbis in habitaculum, et in suburbana: et erit civitas in medio eius.
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Et hæ mensuræ eius: ad plagam Septentrionalem quingenta et quattuor millia: et ad plagam Meridianam, quingenta et quattuor millia: et ad plagam Orientalem, quingenta et quattuor millia: et ad plagam Occidentalem, quingenta et quattuor millia.
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Erunt autem suburbana civitatis ad Aquilonem ducenta quinquaginta, et ad Meridiem ducenta quinquaginta, et ad Orientem ducenta quinquaginta, et ad Mare ducenta quinquaginta.
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Quod autem reliquum fuerit in longitudine secundum primitias sanctuarii, decem millia in Orientem, et decem millia in Occidentem, erunt sicut primitiæ sanctuarii: et erunt fruges eius in panes his, qui serviunt civitati.
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Servientes autem civitati, operabuntur ex omnibus tribubus Israel.
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Omnes primitiæ, vigintiquinque millium, per vigintiquinque millia in quadrum, separabuntur in primitias sanctuarii, et in possessionem civitatis.
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Quod autem reliquum fuerit, principis erit ex omni parte primitiarum sanctuarii, et possessionis civitatis e regione vigintiquinque millium primitiarum usque ad terminum Orientalem: sed et ad Mare e regione vigintiquinque millium usque ad terminum maris, similiter in partibus principis erit: et erunt primitiæ sanctuarii, et sanctuarium templi in medio eius.
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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.
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Et reliquis tribubus: A plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Beniamin una.
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Et contra terminum Beniamin, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Simeon una.
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Et super terminum Simeonis, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Issachar una.
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Et super terminum Issachar, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Occidentalem, Zabulon una.
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Et super terminum Zabulon, a plaga Orientali usque ad plagam Maris, Gad una.
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Et super terminum Gad, ad plagam Austri in Meridie: et erit finis de Thamar usque ad aquas contradictionis Cades, hereditas contra mare magnum.
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Hæc est terra, quam mittetis in sortem tribubus Israel: et hæ partitiones earum, ait Dominus Deus.
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Et hi egressus civitatis: A plaga Septentrionali quingentos et quattuor millia mensurabis.
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Et portæ civitatis ex nominibus tribuum Israel, portæ tres a Septentrione, porta Ruben una, porta Iuda una, porta Levi una.
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Et ad plagam Orientalem, quingentos et quattuor millia: et portæ tres, porta Ioseph una, porta Beniamin una, porta Dan una.
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Et ad plagam Meridianam, quingentos et quattuor millia metieris: et portæ tres, porta Simeonis una, porta Issachar una, porta Zabulon una.
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Et ad plagam Occidentalem, quingentos et quattuor millia, et portæ eorum tres, porta Gad una, porta Aser una, porta Nephthali una.
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Per circuitum, decem et octo millia: et nomen civitatis ex illa die, Dominus ibidem.
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“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.
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“By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.
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“By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.
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“By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
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“By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.
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“By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
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“By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.
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“By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
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“The offering that you shall offer to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width.
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For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the middle of it.
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It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn’t go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
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It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites.
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“Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. All the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.
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They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated, for it is holy to the LORD.
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“The five thousand cubits that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for pasture lands; and the city shall be in the middle of it.
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These shall be its measurements: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
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The city shall have pasture lands: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
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The remainder of the length, alongside the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward; and it shall be alongside the holy offering. Its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city.
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Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
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All the offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand. You shall offer it as a holy offering, with the possession of the city.
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“The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. The holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.
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Moreover, from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the middle of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
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“As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
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“By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
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“By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
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“By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.
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“By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.
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“By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.
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“This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord GOD.
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“These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure;
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and the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
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“At the east side four thousand five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
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“At the south side four thousand five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
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“At the west side four thousand five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
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“It shall be eighteen thousand reeds in circumference; and the name of the city from that day shall be, ‘The LORD is there.’
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And these <FI>are<Fi> the names of the tribes: From the north end unto the side of the way of Hethlon, at the coming in to Hamath, Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus northward, unto the side of Hamath, and they have been his--side east and west, Dan one,
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and by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher one,
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and by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali one,
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and by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh one,
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and by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim one,
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and by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben one,
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and by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah one,
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and by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side is the heave-offering that ye lift up, five and twenty thousand broad and long, as one of the parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary hath been in its midst.
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The heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.
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And of these is the holy heave-offering for the priests, northward five and twenty thousand, and westward <FI>in<Fi> breadth ten thousand, and eastward <FI>in<Fi> breadth ten thousand, and southward <FI>in<Fi> length five and twenty thousand: and the sanctuary of Jehovah hath been in its midst.
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For the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who erred not in the erring of the sons of Israel, as the Levites erred,
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even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.
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`And <FI>to<Fi> the Levites over-against the border of the priests <FI>are<Fi> five and twenty thousand <FI>in<Fi> length, and <FI>in<Fi> breadth ten thousand, all the length <FI>is<Fi> five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
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And they do not sell of it, nor exchange, nor cause to pass away the first-fruit of the land: for <FI>it is<Fi> holy to Jehovah.
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And the five thousand that is left in the breadth, on the front of the five and twenty thousand, is common--for the city, for dwelling, and for suburb, and the city hath been in its midst.
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And these <FI>are<Fi> its measures: the north side five hundred, and four thousand, and the south side five hundred, and four thousand, and on the east side five hundred, and four thousand, and the west side five hundred, and four thousand.
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And the suburb to the city hath been northward, fifty and two hundred, and southward, fifty and two hundred, and eastward, fifty and two hundred, and westward, fifty and two hundred.
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`And the residue in length over-against the heave-offering of the holy <FI>portion is<Fi> ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward, and it hath been over-against the heave-offering of the holy <FI>portion<Fi> , and its increase hath been for food to the servants of the city,
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even <FI>to<Fi> him who is serving the city, they serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
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All the heave-offering <FI>is<Fi> five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, square do ye lift up the heave-offering of the holy <FI>portion<Fi> with the possession of the city.
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`And the residue <FI>is<Fi> for the prince, on this side and on that side of the heave-offering of the holy <FI>portion<Fi> , and of the possession of the city, on the front of the five and twenty thousand of the heave-offering unto the east border, and westward, on the front of the five and twenty thousand on the west border, over-against the portions of the prince; and the heave-offering of the holy <FI>portion<Fi> , and the sanctuary of the house, hath been in its midst.
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And from the possession of the Levites, from the possession of the city, in the midst of that which is to the prince, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, there is to the prince.
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`As to the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin one,
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and by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon one,
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and by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar one,
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and by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun one,
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and by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad one,
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and by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border hath been from Tamar <FI>to<Fi> the waters of Meriboth-Kadesh, the stream by the great sea.
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This <FI>is<Fi> the land that ye separate by inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these <FI>are<Fi> their portions--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
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`And these <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of the city on the north side, five hundred, and four thousand measures.
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And the gates of the city <FI>are<Fi> according to the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward: the gate of Reuben one, the gate of Judah one, the gate of Levi one.
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And on the east side five hundred, and four thousand, and three gates: the gate of Joseph one, the gate of Benjamin one, the gate of Dan one.
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And the south side five hundred, and four thousand measures, and three gates: the gate of Simeon one, the gate of Issachar one, the gate of Zebulun one.
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The west side five hundred, and four thousand, their gates three: the gate of Gad one, the gate of Asher one, the gate of Naphtali one.
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Round about <FI>is<Fi> eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city <FI>is<Fi> from the day Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> there.'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).