Ezekiel 48:8-20 - The Special Section In The Center Of The Land

⁸ And on the boundary of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the heave-offering which ye shall offer up, five and twenty thousand in breadth and, in length, like one of the portions from the east side unto the west side, so shall the sanctuary be in the midst thereof.

⁹ the heave-offering which ye shall offer up to Yahweh shall be in length, five and twenty thousand, and in breadth, twenty thousand. ¹⁰ And pertaining to these, shall he the holy offering, even for the priests, northwards, five and twenty thousand, and westward, a breadth of ten thousand, and eastward, a breadth of ten thousand and south ward, length of five and twenty thousand, - so shall the sanctuary of Yahweh be in the midst thereof: - ¹¹ for the priests that are hallowed - the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, - who went not astray when the sons of Israel went astray, as the Levites I went astray. ¹² So then they shall have an offering out of the offering of the land a holy of holies, - toward the boundary of the Levites;

¹³ the Levites boundary answering to the boundary of the priests, five and twenty thousand in length and in breadth, ten thousand, - all the length five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand. ¹⁴ And they shall not sell thereof, nor shall one exchange or alienate the first-fruits of the land, - for it is holy unto Yahweh.

¹⁵ And the five thousand that are left in the breadth, facing the five and twenty thousand, common shall it be to the city, for dwelling and for open space, - and the city shall be l the midst thereof. ¹⁶ These moreover shall be the measures thereof the north side, four thousand and five hundred, 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.

¹⁷ And the open space of the city shall be, northward, two hundred and fifty, and southward, two hundred and fifty, - and eastward, two hundred and fifty, and westward, two hundred and fifty,

¹⁸ And the residue in length answering to the offering of the holy portion, shall be ten thousand on the east and ten thousand on the west, so shall it answer to the offering of the holy portion,- and the increase thereof shall be for food, for them who serve the city. ¹⁹ And they who serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. ²⁰ All the offering shall be five and twenty thousand, by five and twenty thousand, - foursquare, shall ye offer up the offering of the holy portion, towards the possession of the city.