New International Version
It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.

New Living Translation
It will be their special portion when the land is distributed, the most sacred land of all. Next to the priests’ territory will lie the land where the other Levites will live.

English Standard Version
And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.

Berean Standard Bible
It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

King James Bible
And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

New King James Version
And this district of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

New American Standard Bible
It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy reserve, by the border of the Levites.

NASB 1995
“It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites.

NASB 1977
“And it shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites.

Legacy Standard Bible
And it shall be a contribution to them from the contribution of the land, a Holy of Holies, by the border of the Levites.

Amplified Bible
And this [land offering] shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy portion beside the border of the [other] Levites.

Christian Standard Bible
It will be a special donation for them out of the holy donation of the land, a most holy place adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It will be a special donation for them out of the holy donation of the land, a most holy place adjacent to the territory of the Levites.”

American Standard Version
And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Contemporary English Version
The land belonging to the priests will be the most sacred area and will lie south of the area that belongs to the Levites.

English Revised Version
And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they will have a special portion from the land. It will be the holiest part of land, next to the land belonging to the Levites.

Good News Translation
So they are to have a special area next to the area belonging to the Levites, and it will be the holiest of all.

International Standard Version
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."

NET Bible
It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

New Heart English Bible
It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Webster's Bible Translation
And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be to them a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.Majority Standard Bible
It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.

World English Bible
It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a most holy thing, by the border of the Levites. Literal Standard Version
even the raised-offering has been for them, out of the raised-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Young's Literal Translation
even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the oblation from the oblation of the land shall be to them holy of holies to the bound of the Levites.Douay-Rheims Bible
And for them shall be the firstfruits of the firstfruits of the land holy of holies, by the border of the Levites.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And so the foremost of the first-fruits of the land, the Holy of Holies, beside the border of the Levites, shall be for them.

New American Bible
shall have their own tract set apart, next to the territory of the Levites, separate from the most holy tract.

New Revised Standard Version
It shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.Lamsa Bible
And this portion shall be their portion out of the land which is set aside, the most holy by the border of the Levites.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they shall have a division from the division of the land, The Holy of Holies, in the border of the LevitesJPS Tanakh 1917
And it shall be unto them a portion set apart from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the first-fruits shall be given to them out of the first-fruits of the land, even a most holy portion from the borders of the Levites.

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Cross References

Revelation 21:12-14
The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. / There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. / The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:10-11
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, / shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.

Revelation 21:22-27
But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. / And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp. / By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. ...

Revelation 22:1-5
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. / No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. ...

Revelation 7:4-8
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel: / From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, / from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, ...

Revelation 14:1-5
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. / And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps. / And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. ...

Revelation 3:12
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

Revelation 11:1-2
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. / But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.

Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Numbers 18:20-24
Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. / Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting. / No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. ...

Numbers 35:2-8
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. / The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. / The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side. ...

Joshua 21:1-3
Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel / at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.” / So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

Leviticus 25:32-34
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess. / So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites. / But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.

Deuteronomy 18:1-2
The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. / Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

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