Sheviis 9:2 — Three Lands for Biur

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Three Lands for Biur

שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לַבִּעוּר
Mishnah שביעית ט׳:ב׳ · Sheviis 9:2
שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לַבִּעוּר, יְהוּדָה, וְעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן, וְהַגָּלִיל.
וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ אֲרָצוֹת לְכָל אַחַת וְאַחַת.
גָּלִיל הָעֶלְיוֹן, וְגָלִיל הַתַּחְתּוֹן, וְהָעֵמֶק.
מִכְּפַר חֲנַנְיָה וּלְמַעְלָן, כָּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְגַדֵּל שִׁקְמִין, גָּלִיל הָעֶלְיוֹן,
וּמִכְּפַר חֲנַנְיָה וּלְמַטָּן, כָּל שֶׁהוּא מְגַדֵּל שִׁקְמִין, גָּלִיל הַתַּחְתּוֹן.
וּתְחוּם טְבֶרְיָא, הָעֵמֶק.
וּבִיהוּדָה, הָהָר וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה וְהָעֵמֶק.
וּשְׁפֵלַת לוּד כִּשְׁפֵלַת הַדָּרוֹם, וְהָהָר שֶׁלָּהּ כְּהַר הַמֶּלֶךְ.
מִבֵּית חוֹרוֹן וְעַד הַיָּם מְדִינָה אֶחָת:
There are three lands for biur: Yehuda, Trans-Jordan, and the Galil.
And [there are] three lands within each one.
Upper Galil, Lower Galil, and the Valley.
From Kfar Chananya upward, wherever sycamores do not grow, is Upper Galil;
and from Kfar Chananya downward, wherever sycamores do grow, is Lower Galil.
And the region of Teverya is the Valley.
And in Yehuda: the Mountain, the Lowland, and the Valley.
The Lowland of Lod is like the Lowland of the South, and its Mountain is like the King's Mountain.
From Beis Choron to the sea is [counted as] one district:

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