"It shall be an allotmentto them from the allotmentof the land,a mostholyplace,by the borderof the Levites.
"It shall be the holyportionof the land;it shall be for the priests,the ministersof the sanctuary,who comenearto ministerto the LORD,and it shall be a placefor their housesand a holyplacefor the sanctuary.
"[It shall be] for the priestswho are sanctifiedof the sonsof Zadok,whohave keptMy charge,whodid not goastraywhen the sonsof Israelwentastrayas the Leviteswentastray.
"Alongsidethe borderof the prieststhe Levites[shall have] 25,000[cubits] in lengthand 10,000in width.The wholelength[shall be] 25,000[cubits] and the width10000
and when it revertsin the jubilee,the fieldshall be holyto the LORD,like a fieldsetapart;it shall be for the priestas his property.
