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Ezekiel 3

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¹ And this [land offering] shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy portion beside the border of the [other] Levites.

² Alongside the border of the priests, the [other] Levites shall have 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000.

³ And they shall not sell any of it or exchange it, or allow this choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the LORD.

⁴ "The remaining [strip of] 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length shall be for the city's common (secular) use, for a place in which to live and for open country. The city shall be in the midst of it.

⁵ These shall be the measurements of it: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500.

⁶ The city shall have open country: toward the north 250 cubits, and toward the south 250, toward the east 250, and toward the west 250.

⁷ The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be 10,000 cubits to the east and 10,000 to the west; and it shall be beside the holy allotment. The produce from it shall be food for the workers of the city.

⁸ The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel shall cultivate it.

⁹ The whole allotment shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall set apart the holy allotment, a square, with the property of the city.

¹⁰ The remainder, on both sides of the holy allotment and of the property possessed by the city, shall belong to the prince. In front of the 25,000 cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the 25,000 toward the west border, alongside the [tribal] portions, it shall be for the prince. The holy allotment with the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the midst of it. Exclusive of the property of the Levites and of the property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince. As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

¹¹ Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.

¹² Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.

¹³ Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.

¹⁴ Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.

¹⁵ And beside the border of Gad, at the south side, southward, the border shall extend from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook [of Egypt], to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.

¹⁶ This is the land which you shall divide by lot among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance, and these are their several portions," says the Lord GOD.

¹⁷ These are the exits of the city: on the north side, [which is to extend] 4,500 cubits by measurement, there shall also be gates of the city, named after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. On the east side, 4,500 cubits, also three gates: one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. On the south side, 4,500 cubits, by measurement, also three gates: one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. On the west side, 4,500 cubits, three gates: one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. The distance around the city shall be 18,000 (4 x 4,500) cubits; and the name of the city from that day [and ever after] shall be, 'The LORD is There.'

¹⁸ In the third year of the reign of[1] Jehoiakim king of Judah,[2] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

¹⁹ The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles of the house of God; and he brought them into the land of[3] Shinar, to the house of his god, and brought the articles into the treasury of his god.

²⁰ And the [Babylonian] king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his[4] officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some from the royal family and from the nobles,

²¹ young men without blemish and handsome in appearance, skillful in all wisdom, endowed with intelligence and discernment, and quick to understand, competent to stand [in the presence of the king] and able to serve in the king's palace. He also ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the[5] Chaldeans.

²² The king assigned a daily ration for them from his finest food and from the wine which he drank. They were to be educated and nourished this way for three years so that at the end of that time they were [prepared] to enter the king's service.

²³ Among them from the sons of Judah were: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

²⁴ The commander of the officials gave them [Babylonian] names: Daniel he named Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abed-nego.

²⁵ But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile (taint, dishonor) himself with the[6] king's finest food or with the wine which the king drank; so he asked the commander of the officials that he might [be excused so that he would] not defile himself.

²⁶ Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,

²⁷ and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has prearranged your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the young men who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king."

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1	And this [land offering] shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy portion beside the border of the [other] Levites.
2	Alongside the border of the priests, the [other] Levites shall have 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000.
3	And they shall not sell any of it or exchange it, or allow this choice portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the LORD.
4	"The remaining [strip of] 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 in length shall be for the city's common (secular) use, for a place in which to live and for open country. The city shall be in the midst of it.
5	These shall be the measurements of it: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500.
6	The city shall have open country: toward the north 250 cubits, and toward the south 250, toward the east 250, and toward the west 250.
7	The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be 10,000 cubits to the east and 10,000 to the west; and it shall be beside the holy allotment. The produce from it shall be food for the workers of the city.
8	The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel shall cultivate it.
9	The whole allotment shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall set apart the holy allotment, a square, with the property of the city.
10	The remainder, on both sides of the holy allotment and of the property possessed by the city, shall belong to the prince. In front of the 25,000 cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the 25,000 toward the west border, alongside the [tribal] portions, it shall be for the prince. The holy allotment with the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the midst of it. Exclusive of the property of the Levites and of the property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince. As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
11	Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
12	Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
13	Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.
14	Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.
15	And beside the border of Gad, at the south side, southward, the border shall extend from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the Brook [of Egypt], to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.
16	This is the land which you shall divide by lot among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance, and these are their several portions," says the Lord GOD.
17	These are the exits of the city: on the north side, [which is to extend] 4,500 cubits by measurement, there shall also be gates of the city, named after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. On the east side, 4,500 cubits, also three gates: one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. On the south side, 4,500 cubits, by measurement, also three gates: one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. On the west side, 4,500 cubits, three gates: one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. The distance around the city shall be 18,000 (4 x 4,500) cubits; and the name of the city from that day [and ever after] shall be, 'The LORD is There.'
18	In the third year of the reign of[1] Jehoiakim king of Judah,[2] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
19	The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles of the house of God; and he brought them into the land of[3] Shinar, to the house of his god, and brought the articles into the treasury of his god.
20	And the [Babylonian] king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his[4] officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some from the royal family and from the nobles,
21	young men without blemish and handsome in appearance, skillful in all wisdom, endowed with intelligence and discernment, and quick to understand, competent to stand [in the presence of the king] and able to serve in the king's palace. He also ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the[5] Chaldeans.
22	The king assigned a daily ration for them from his finest food and from the wine which he drank. They were to be educated and nourished this way for three years so that at the end of that time they were [prepared] to enter the king's service.
23	Among them from the sons of Judah were: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
24	The commander of the officials gave them [Babylonian] names: Daniel he named Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abed-nego.
25	But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile (taint, dishonor) himself with the[6] king's finest food or with the wine which the king drank; so he asked the commander of the officials that he might [be excused so that he would] not defile himself.
26	Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials,
27	and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has prearranged your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the young men who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king."

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