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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is the end of the

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book of Ezekiel, chapters 46 through 48. Chapter

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46 Thus says the Lord God, the gateway of the

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inner court that faces toward the east shall

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be shut the six working days, but on the Sabbath

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it shall be opened, and on the day of the new

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moon it shall be opened. the prince shall enter

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by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the

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outside and stand by the gate -post the priests

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shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace

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offerings he shall worship at the threshold of

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the gate then he shall go out but the gate shall

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not be shut until evening likewise the people

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of the land shall worship at the entrance of

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this gateway before the lord on the sabbaths

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and the new moons The burnt offering that the

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prince offers to the Lord on the Sabbath day

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shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram

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without blemish, and the great offering shall

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be one ephah for a ram and the great offering

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for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as

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well as a hin of oil with every ephah. On the

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day of the new moon it shall be a young bull

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without blemish, six lambs and a ram, they shall

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be without blemish. He shall prepare a grain

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offering of an effa for a bull, an effa for a

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ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs,

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and a hin of oil with every effa. When the prince

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enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule

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of the gateway, and go out the same way. But

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when the people of the land come before the Lord

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on appointed feast days, whoever enters by way

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of the north gate to worship shall go out by

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way of the south gate, and whoever enters by

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way of the south gate shall go out by way of

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the north gate. He shall not return by way of

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the gate through which he came, but shall go

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out through the opposite gate. The prince shall

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then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall

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go in, and when they go out, he shall go out.

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At the festivals and the appointed feast days,

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the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull,

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an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give

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for the lambs and a hen of oil with every ephah.

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Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering

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or voluntary peace offering to the Lord, the

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gate that faces toward the east shall then be

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opened for him, and he shall prepare his burnt

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offering and his peace offerings as he did on

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the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after

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he goes out, the gate shall be shut. You shall

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daily make a burnt offering to the Lord of a

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lamb of the first year without blemish. You shall

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prepare it every morning, and you shall prepare

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a grain offering with it every morning. a sixth

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of an effa, and a third of a hint of oil to moisten

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the fine flour. This green offering is a perpetual

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ordinance to be made regularly to the Lord. Thus

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they shall prepare the lamb, the green offering,

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and the oil as a regular burnt offering every

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morning. Thus says the Lord God, If the prince

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gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any

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of his sons, it shall belong to his sons. It

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is their possession by inheritance. But if he

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gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one

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of his servants, it shall be his until the year

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of liberty, after which it shall return to the

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prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his

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sons, it shall become theirs. Moreover, the prince

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shall not take any of the people's inheritance

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by evicting them from their property. He shall

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provide an inheritance for his sons from his

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own property, so that none of my people may be

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scattered from his property. Now he brought me

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through the entrance, which was at the side of

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the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests

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which face toward the north. And there a place

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was situated at their extreme western end. And

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he said to me, This is the place where the priests

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shall boil the trespass offering, innocent offering,

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and where they shall bake the grain offering,

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so that they do not bring them out into the outer

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court to sanctify the people. then he brought

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me out into the outer court and caused me to

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pass by the four corners of the court and in

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fact in every corner of the court there was another

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court in the four corners of the court were enclosed

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courts forty cubits long and thirty wide all

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four corners were the same size there was a row

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of building stones all around in them all around

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the four of them and cooking hearth were made

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under the rows of stones all around. And he said

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to me, These are the kitchens where the ministers

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of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the

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people. Then he brought me back to the door of

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the temple, and there was water flowing from

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under the threshold of the temple toward the

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east, for the front of the temple faced east.

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The water was flowing from under the right side

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of the temple, south of the altar. He brought

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me out by way of the north gate and led me around

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on the outside to the outer gateway that faces

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east, and there was water running out on the

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right side. And when the man went out to the

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east with the line in his hand, he measured one

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thousand cubits, and he brought me through the

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waters. The water came up to my ankles. Again

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he measured one thousand and brought me through

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the waters. The water came up to my knees. Again

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he measured one thousand and brought me through.

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The water came up to my waist. Again he measured

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one thousand, and it was a river that I could

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not cross, for the water was too deep, water

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in which one must swim, a river that could not

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be crossed. He said to me, Son of man, have you

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seen this? Then he brought me and returned me

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to the bank of the river. When I returned there,

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along the bank of the river, were very many trees

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on one side and the other. Then he said to me,

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This water flows toward the eastern region, goes

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down into the valley, and enters the sea. When

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it reaches the sea, its waters are healed, and

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it shall be that every living thing that moves

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wherever the river goes will live. There will

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be a very great multitude of fish, because these

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waters go there, for they will be healed, and

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everything will live wherever the river goes.

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It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from

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Ein Gedi to Ein Iglim. they will be places for

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spreading their nets their fish will be of the

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same kinds as the fish of the great sea exceedingly

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many but its swamps and marshes will not be healed

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they will be given over to salt along the bank

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of the river on this side and that will grow

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all kinds of trees used for food their leaves

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will not wither and their fruit will not fail

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they will bear fruit every month because their

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water flows from the sanctuary Their fruit will

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be for food and their leaves for medicine. Thus

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says the Lord God, These are the borders by which

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you shall divide the land as an inheritance among

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the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have

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two portions. You shall inherit it equally with

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one another. For I raised my hand in an oath

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to give it to your fathers, and this land shall

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fall to you as your inheritance. This shall be

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the border of the land on the north, from the

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great sea, by the road to Hetlon, as one goes

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to Zedad, Hamat, Beirutah, Sibrim, which is between

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the border of Damascus and the border of Hamat,

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to Hazar -Hatikon, which is on the border of

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Huran. Thus the boundary shall be from the sea

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to Hazar -Inan, the border of Damascus, and as

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for the north, northward, it is the border of

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Hamad, this is the north side. On the east side,

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you shall mark out the border from between Huron

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and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land

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of Israel. Along the Jordan, and along the eastern

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side of the sea, this is the east side. The south

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side, toward the south, shall be from Tamar to

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the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook

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to the great sea. This is the south side toward

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the south. The west side shall be the great sea

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from the southern boundary until one comes to

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a point opposite Hamad. This is the west side.

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Thus you shall divide this land among yourselves

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according to the tribes of Israel. It shall be

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that you will divide it by lot as an inheritance

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for yourselves and for the strangers who dwell

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among you and who bear children among you. They

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shall be to you as native -born among the children

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of Israel. They shall have an inheritance with

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you among the tribes of Israel. And it shall

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be that in whatever tribe the stranger dwells,

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there you shall give him his inheritance, says

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the Lord God. Chapter 48 Now these are the names

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of the tribes. From the northern border, along

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the road to Hetlon, at the entrance of Hamath,

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To Hazar -Inan, the border of Damascus northward,

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in the direction of Hamad, there shall be one

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section for Dan, from its east to its west side.

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By the border of Dan, from the east side to the

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west, one section for Asher. By the border of

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Asher, from the east side to the west, one section

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for Naftali. By the border of Naftali, from the

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east side to the west, one section for Manasseh.

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By the border of Manasseh, from the east side

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to the west, one section for Ephraim. By the

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border of Ephraim, from the east side to the

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west, one section for Reuben. By the border of

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Reuben, from the east side to the west, one section

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for Judah. By the border of Judah, from the east

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side to the west, shall be the district which

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you shall set apart twenty -five thousand cubits

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in width, and in length the same as one of the

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other portions, from the east side to the west,

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with the sanctuary in the center. The district

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that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be

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25 ,000 cubits in length and 10 ,000 in width.

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To these, to the priests, the holy district shall

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belong. On the north, 25 ,000 cubits in length.

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On the west, 10 ,000 in width. On the east, 10

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,000 in width. And on the south, 25 ,000 in length.

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The sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the center.

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It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok

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who are sanctified. who have kept my charge,

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who did not go astray when the children of Israel

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went astray, as the Levites went astray. And

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this district of land that is set apart shall

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be to them a thing most holy by the border of

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the Levites. Opposite the border of the priests,

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the Levites shall have an area 25 ,000 cubits

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in length and 10 ,000 in width. Its entire length

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shall be 25 ,000 and its width 10 ,000. and they

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shall not sell or exchange any of it. They may

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not alienate this best part of the land, for

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it is holy to the Lord. The 5 ,000 cubits in

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width that remain along the edge of the 25 ,000

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shall be for general use by the city for dwellings

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and common land, and the city shall be in the

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center. These shall be its measurements. The

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north side, 4 ,500 cubits. The south side, 4

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,500 cubits. the east side 4500 and the west

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side 4500 the common land of the city shall be

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to the north 250 cubits to the south 250 to the

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east 250 and to the west 250 the rest of the

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length alongside the district of the holy section

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shall be 10 000 cubits to the east and 10 000

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to the west It shall be adjacent to the district

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of the holy section, and its produce shall be

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food for the workers of the city. The workers

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of the city from all the tribes of Israel shall

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cultivate it. The entire district shall be 25

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,000 cubits by 25 ,000 cubits, four square. You

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shall set apart the holy district with the property

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of the city. The rest shall belong to the prince.

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on one side and on the other, of the holy district

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and of the city's property, next to the 25 ,000

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cubits of the holy district as far as the eastern

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border, and westward next to the 25 ,000 as far

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as the western border, adjacent to the tribal

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portions. It shall belong to the prince. It shall

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be the holy district, and the sanctuary of the

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temple shall be in the center. Moreover, apart

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from the possession of the Levites and the possession

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of the city, which are in the midst of what belongs

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to the prince, the area between the border of

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Judah and the border of Benjamin shall belong

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to the prince. As for the rest of the tribes,

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from the east side to the west, Benjamin shall

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have one section, by the border of Benjamin,

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from the east side to the west. Simeon shall

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have one section, by the border of Simeon, from

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the east side to the west. Issachar shall have

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one section. By the border of Issachar, from

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the east side to the west, Zebulun shall have

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one section. By the border of Zebulun, from the

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east side to the west, Gad shall have one section.

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By the border of Gad, on the south side, toward

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the south, the border shall be from Tamar to

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the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook

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to the great sea. This is the land which you

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shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the

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tribes of Israel. And these are their portions,

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says the Lord God. These are the exits of the

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city. On the north side, measuring 4 ,500 cubits,

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the gates of the city shall be named after the

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tribes of Israel. The three gates northward,

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one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and

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one gate for Levi. On the east side, 4 ,500 cubits,

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three gates, one gate for Joseph, one gate for

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Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. On the south

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side, measuring 4 ,500 cubits, three gates, one

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gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one

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gate for Zebulun. On the west side, 4 ,500 cubits

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with their three gates, one gate for Gad, one

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gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. All

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the way around shall be 18 ,000 cubits, and the

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name of the city from that day shall be The Lord

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is There. I hope you enjoyed today's reading

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as much as I did and I look forward to seeing

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you again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.