'Portion' in the Bible
The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house.
"'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. This entire area will be holy.
It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
"'Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles wide and eight and a quarter miles long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.
and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer);
"These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion.
Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher will have one portion.
Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west, Naphtali will have one portion.
Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion.
Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion.
Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west, Reuben will have one portion.
Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west, Judah will have one portion.
These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.
It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.
They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord.
The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.
"As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion.
Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion.
Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion.
Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion.
Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Allot (12 instances)
- Assign (33 instances)
- Circumstances (52 instances)
- Destiny (21 instances)
- Dowry (8 instances)
- Fate (150 instances)
- Fortune (23 instances)
- Helping (52 instances)
- Luck (3 instances)
- Parcel (12 instances)
- Part (820 instances)
- Percentage (4 instances)
- Portion (273 instances)
- Serving (157 instances)
- Share (180 instances)
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