17. There will be pastures for the city, three hundred seventy-five feet on the north side, three hundred seventy-five feet on the south side, three hundred seventy-five feet on the east side, and three hundred seventy-five feet on the west side.
18. The remaining area alongside the holy portion is 2.84 miles on the east and 2.84 miles on the west. These areas that adjoin the holy portion will produce the food for the city’s workers.
19. The city’s workers from every tribe of Israel will farm it.
20. The entire portion that you will set aside is 7.1 miles by 7.1 miles, a square; it includes the holy portion in addition to the city property.
21. What is left on both sides of the holy portion and the city property belongs to the prince. The land from the edge of the portion of 7.1 miles, to the eastern boundary, and on the western edge of the 7.1 miles to the western boundary, belongs to the prince. It corresponds to one tribal portion. The holy portion and the temple sanctuary are in the middle of it,
22. but what belongs to the prince is separate from both the levitical property and the city property. The prince’s territory will be between the boundary of Judah and the boundary of Benjamin.
23. Now for the rest of the tribes: From the eastern border to the western border: Benjamin, one portion.
24. Along the boundary of Benjamin from the eastern border to the western border: Simeon, one portion.
25. Along the boundary of Simeon from the eastern border to the western border: Issachar, one portion.
26. Along the boundary of Issachar from the eastern border to the western border: Zebulun, one portion.
27. Along the boundary of Zebulun from the eastern border to the western border: Gad, one portion.
28. Along the boundary of Gad to the southern border, the boundary will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh and from there to the border of Egypt and to the Mediterranean Sea.
29. This is the land that you will distribute as an inheritance for the tribes of Israel. These are their portions. This is what the Lord God says.
30. These are the city exits. The north side is measured at 1.28 miles.
31. The gates of the city go by the names of the tribes of Israel. There are three gates on the north side: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.