1sn The tribes descended from Jacob’s maidservants are placed farthest from the sanctuary. See Gen 30.

2sn The tribe from which the Davidic prince would come is given the most prestigious allotment (see Gen 49:8-12).

3tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

4tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

5tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

6tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

7tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

8tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

9tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

10tn Heb “strayed off.”

11tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

12tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

13tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

14tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

15tn Or “holy.”

16tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).

17tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

18tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.

19tn Heb “two hundred fifty cubits” (i.e., 131.25 meters); the phrase occurs three more times in this verse.

20tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers); the phrase occurs again later in this verse.

21tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

22tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

23tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

24tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The word “Egypt” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

25tn Heb “four thousand five hundred cubits” (i.e., 2.36 kilometers); the phrase occurs again in vv. 32-34.

26sn See Rev 21:12-14.

27tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).

28sn See Rev 21:12-21.