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10 Forsooth these shall be the first fruits of the saintuary of (the) priests; to the north five and twenty thousand of length, and to the sea ten thousand of breadth; but to the east ten thousand of breadth, and to the south five and twenty thousand of length; and the saintuary of the Lord shall be in the midst thereof. (And this shall be the portion of the place of the first fruits for the priests; to the north twenty-five thousand in length, and to the west ten thousand in breadth; and to the east ten thousand in breadth, and to the south twenty-five thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst.)

11 The saintuary shall be to (the) priests of the sons of Zadok, that kept my ceremonies, and erred not, when the sons of Israel erred, as also [the] deacons erred. (This portion of the place of the first fruits shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok who kept, or who continued, my ceremonies, and went not astray, when the Israelites went astray, like also the Levites went astray.)

12 And (this portion of the place of) the first fruits shall be to them of the first fruits of the land, the holy of holy things, by the term of Levites, either deacons. (And this portion of the place of the first fruits shall be a most holy place for them, and it shall be unto the border of the Levites, or of the deacons.)

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