He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Open Spaces and said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

He will tear it open by its wings without dividing the bird. Then the priest is to burn it on the altar on top of the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

When you get there, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has handed it over to you. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”

He brought me out to a spacious place;
He rescued me because He delighted in me.

He brought me out to a spacious place;
He rescued me because He delighted in me.

You have shaken the land and split it open.
Heal its fissures, for it shudders.

Look, your troops are like women among you;
the gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.

They open their mouths wide against me and say,
“Aha, aha! We saw it!”

I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

“The remaining area, 1⅔ of a mile wide and 8⅓ miles long, will be for common use by the city, for both residential and open space. The city will be in the middle of it.