(A)Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in.[a]

“Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district (B)you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. (C)It shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

The Portion for the Prince

(D)“And to (E)the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:5 Septuagint; Hebrew as their possession, twenty chambers

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