18. The remainder of the length along beside the holy portion shall be 10,000 [measures] to the east and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be along beside the holy portion. The produce from it shall be for food for those who work in the city.
19. And the workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel shall till the open land.
20. The whole portion that you shall set apart as an offering to God shall be 25,000 [measures] by 25,000; you shall set apart the holy portion foursquare, together with the property of the city.
21. And what is left unallotted, on both sides of the holy portion and of that possessed by the city, shall belong to the prince. Reaching eastward from the 25,000 [measures] of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the 25,000 [measures] to the west border, parallel to the tribal allotments, it belongs to the prince. The holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple in its midst,
22. And the possession of the Levites and the property of the city [of Jerusalem] shall be in the midst of that which belongs to the prince. What lies between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince.
23. As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one [portion].
24. And beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one [portion].
25. And beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one [portion].
26. And beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one [portion].
27. And beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one [portion].
28. And beside the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall extend from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh and on along the Brook [of Egypt] to the Great or Mediterranean Sea.
29. This is the land which you shall divide by allotment among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord God.