28 verses
8By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand [reeds] in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in its midst.
9The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in width. 10For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst. 11[It shall be] for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn't go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. 12It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
13Answerable to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width: all the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand. 14They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.
15The five thousand that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst. 16These shall be its measures: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. 17The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty. 18The remainder in the length, answerable to the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable to the holy offering; and its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city. 19Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. 20All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall offer the holy offering square, with the possession of the city.
21The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst. 22Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of what is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.
23As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one [portion].
24By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one [portion].
25By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one [portion].
26By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one [portion].
27By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one [portion].
28By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea.
29This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says LordOfMine Yahweh.
30These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure; 31and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
32At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
33At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
34At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
35It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
20 verses
1Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil. 2Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. 3For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words. 4When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. 5It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. 6Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands? 7For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.
8If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them. 9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. 11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. 14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand. 15As he came out from his mother's womb, naked he shall go again as he came, and shall take nothing which he may carry away in his hand for his labor. 16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so he shall go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind? 17All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
18Behold, what I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion. 19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor - this is the gift of God. 20For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
18 verses
1Don't let many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. 2For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn't stumble in what they say is a perfect man, able to control the whole body as well. 3Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. 4Look at ships as well, [even] though they are big and driven by fierce winds, are guided by a tiny rudder, wherever the steersman wants. 5Similarly, the tongue is a small body-part. However, it boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! 6And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of iniquity among our body-parts and defiles the whole body. It sets on fire the course of life, and is [itself] set on fire by Gehenna. 7For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind; 8but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9With it we praise ForeverOne our Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the image of God. 10Out of the same mouth comes praise and cursing. [Oh] my brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 12Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? So no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
13Who is wise and understanding among you-all? Let them show by their good conduct that their actions are done in gentleness of wisdom. 14But if you-all have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, don't boast and lie against the truth. 15This wisdom is not what comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
