Verse 1
In the future the Israelites were to divide the land by lot, but the Lord, of course, would control the outcome (Proverbs 16:33). This land belonged to the Lord-He was the Israelites’ inheritance-but He would allow them to occupy it as He specified. They were to set aside one part of the land for the Lord’s use for especially holy purposes. It was to be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide (about 8.3 miles by 3.3 miles). The Hebrew text has "rods" rather than "cubits," but long cubits must be the measurement in view to harmonize with the other measurements in these chapters. This land was to be considered holy within all its boundaries.
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