2 “Instruct the Israelites that they are to give the Levites cities to inhabit out of the inheritance they will possess,+ and they should give the Levites the pastures around the cities.+

3 Out of this measurement you should measure the length of 25,000 and the width of 10,000, and within it will be the sanctuary, something most holy. 4 It will be a holy portion of the land for the priests,+ the ministers of the sanctuary, who approach to minister to Jehovah.+ It will be a place for their houses and a sacred place for the sanctuary.