“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, ¹  then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest ²  to the priest,

These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles ¹  in length, toward the west three and one-third miles ²  in width, toward the east three and one-third miles ³  in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles ⁴  in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle.

From the Israelites’ half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep – from every kind of animal – and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.”

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. ¹  What did our ancestor ²  do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth. ³ 

for the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution offering I have taken from the Israelites out of their peace offering sacrifices and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the people of Israel as a perpetual allotted portion.’” ¹ 

Many foreign rulers ¹  will ruin the land where I planted my people. ²  They will trample all over my chosen land. ³  They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland.

For the Lord’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession. ¹ 

ח (Khet) The Lord is my source of security. ¹  I have determined ²  to follow your instructions. ³ 

Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; ¹  you make my future secure. ² 

My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ¹  but God always ²  protects my heart and gives me stability. ³ 

I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my security ¹  in the land of the living.”

As one who is above your ¹  brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, ²  which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment ¹  from God.”

May the Lord rain down ¹  burning coals ²  and brimstone ³  on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve! ⁴ 

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty ¹  on high?

The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles ¹  square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

He was given daily provisions by the king for the rest of his life until the day he died. ¹ 

God has spoken in his sanctuary: ¹  “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem; the Valley of Succoth I will measure off. ² 

Divide your merchandise ¹  among seven or even eight ²  investments, ³  for you do not know ⁴  what calamity ⁵  may happen on earth.