1 " 'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to the Lord a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits 1 long and 20,000 2 cubits 3 wide; the entire area will be holy. 2 Of this, a section 500 cubits 4 square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits 5 around it for open land. 3 In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits 6 wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the Lord. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 An area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to live in. 7
6 " 'You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits 8 wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will belong to all Israel.