Study it in the app““And when you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart a contribution to YHWH, a holy portion from the land: the length, twenty-five thousand in length, and the width, ten thousand; it shall be holy throughout its territory all around.”
“And when you allotוּבְהַפִּילְכֶםthe landהָאָרֶץas an inheritance,בְּנַחֲלָהyou shall set apartתָּרִימוּa contributionתְרוּמָהto YHWH,לַיהוָהa holy portionקֹדֶשׁfrom the land:מִן הָאָרֶץthe length,אֹרֶךְtwenty-fiveחֲמִשָּׁה וְעֶשְׂרִיםthousandאֶלֶףin length,אֹרֶךְand the width,וְרֹחַבtenעֲשָׂרָהthousand;אָלֶףit shall beהוּאholyקֹדֶשׁthroughoutבְכָלits territoryגְּבוּלָהּall around.סָבִיב
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hapil” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appearsset apart
To lift and set apart a share, the contribution for the sanctuary or for God.
Where else “tarimu” appearscontribution
Contribution: what is set apart from one's goods to give to God; also a portion set aside or a gift.
Where else “teruma” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsholy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appearslength
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearswidth
Width, breadth.
Where else “rochav” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appearsaround
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears1 · This verse (above)
2Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred by five hundred, square all around; and fifty cubits of pastureland it shall have all around.
