Israel’s National Temple Allotment

⁸ “Running along the border of the tribe of Judah from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter you are to set apart the Terumah,^[a] 25,000 units^[b] wide, with its east-west length equal to one of the other apportionments, from the eastern perimeter to the western perimeter, with the Temple in the middle of it. ⁹ The Terumah that you are to give to the Lord is to be 25,000 units wide.”^[c]

Allotments for the Priests

¹⁰ “The holy Terumah is to be reserved for these, the priests: Toward the north, 25,000 units in length;^[d] toward the west, 10,000 units in width; toward the east, 10,000 units in width; and toward the south, 25,000 units in length. The Lord’s sanctuary is to be in its midst. ¹¹ It is to be for use by^[e] priests from the descendants of Zadok, who have observed the things with which I charged them and who did not wander astray when the Israelis went astray, just as the descendants of Levi wandered astray. ¹² It is to be a Terumah for them from the allotment of the land, a Most Holy Place, adjoining the border of the descendants of Levi.”

¹³ “Alongside the border of the priests, the descendants of Levi are to be allotted 25,000 units in length and 10,000 units in width. The entire length is to be 25,000 units and its width 10,000 units. ¹⁴ Furthermore, they are not to sell or exchange any part of it, nor transfer these first fruits^[f] of the land, because it is holy to the Lord.