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The Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 48, Verse 19

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And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy [portion shall be] ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy [portion]; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.
King James Version
And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
American Standard Version
And they that labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall till it.
New English Translation
The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it.
World English Bible
Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
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All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
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And the residue [shall be] for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house [shall be] in the midst thereof.
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Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, [being] in the midst [of that] which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
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As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin [shall have] a [portion].
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And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon [shall have] a [portion].
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And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a [portion].
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And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a [portion].
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And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a [portion].
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And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar [unto] the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, [and] to the river toward the great sea.
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This [is] the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these [are] their portions, saith the Lord GOD.