Division of the Land
1 “Now thesearethe names of the tribes:From the northern border along the road to Hethlon at the entrance of Hamath, to Hazar Enan, the border of Damascus northward, in the direction of Hamath,thereshallbeonesectionforDan from its east to its west side;
2 by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, onesectionforAsher;
3 by the border of Asher, from the east side to the west, onesectionforNaphtali;
4 by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, onesectionforManasseh;
5 by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, onesectionforEphraim;
6 by the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, onesectionforReuben;
7 by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west, onesectionforJudah;
8 by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall bethe district which you shall set apart, twenty-five thousandcubitsin width, andinlength the same as one of theotherportions, from the east side to the west, with thesanctuary in the center.
9 “The district that you shall set apart for theLordshallbetwenty-five thousandcubitsin length and ten thousand in width.
10 To these—to the priests—the holy district shall belong: on the north twenty-five thousandcubitsinlength,on the west ten thousand in width, on the east ten thousand in width, and on the south twenty-five thousand in length. The sanctuary of theLordshall be in the center.
11 Itshallbefor the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray,as the Levites went astray.
12 Andthisdistrict of land that is set apart shall be to them a thing mostholy by the border of the Levites.
13 “Opposite the border of the priests, theLevitesshallhaveanareatwenty-five thousandcubitsin length and ten thousand in width; its entire lengthshallbetwenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand.
14 And they shall not sell or exchange any of it; they may not alienate this bestpartof the land, foritisholy to theLord.
15 “The five thousandcubitsin width that remain, along the edge of the twenty-five thousand, shall befor general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center.
16 Theseshallbeits measurements: the north side four thousand five hundredcubits,the south side four thousand five hundred, the east side four thousand five hundred, and the west side four thousand five hundred.
17 The common-land of the city shall be: to the north two hundred and fiftycubits,to the south two hundred and fifty, to the east two hundred and fifty, and to the west two hundred and fifty.
18 The rest of the length, alongside the district of the holysection, shall beten thousandcubitsto the east and ten thousand to the west. It shall be adjacent to the district of the holysection,and its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
19 The workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
20 The entire districtshallbetwenty-five thousandcubitsby twenty-five thousandcubits,foursquare. You shall set apart the holy district with the property of the city.
21 “The restshallbelongto the prince, on one side and on the other of the holy district and of the city’s property, next to the twenty-five thousandcubitsof theholydistrict as far as the eastern border, and westward next to the twenty-five thousand as far as the western border, adjacent to thetribalportions;itshallbelongto the prince. It shall be the holy district,and the sanctuary of the templeshallbein the center.
22 Moreover, apart from the possession of the Levites and the possession of the citywhicharein the midst of whatbelongsto the prince,theareabetween the border of Judah and the border ofBenjamin shall belong to the prince.
23 “As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west, Benjaminshallhaveonesection;
24 by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west,Simeonshallhaveonesection;
25 by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west,Issacharshallhaveonesection;
26 by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west,Zebulunshallhaveonesection;
27 by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west,Gadshallhaveonesection;
28 by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South, the border shall be from Tamartothe waters of MeribahbyKadesh, along the brook to theGreat Sea.
29 Thisisthe land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and thesearetheir portions,” says the LordGod.
The Gates of the City and Its Name
30 “Thesearethe exits of the city. On the north side, measuring four thousand five hundredcubits
31 (the gates of the cityshallbenamed after the tribes of Israel), the three gates northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi;
32 on the east side, four thousand five hundredcubits,three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan;
33 on the south side, measuring four thousand five hundredcubits,three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun;
34 on the west side, four thousand five hundredcubitswith their three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.
35 All the way aroundshallbeeighteen thousandcubits;and the name of the city fromthatdayshallbe:THE LORDISTHERE.”