12. The land belonging to the priests will be the most sacred area and will lie south of the area that belongs to the Levites.
13. I will give the other half of my sacred land to the Levites. Their share will also be twelve and a half kilometres long and five kilometres wide,
14. and they must never sell or trade any of this land—it is the best land and belongs to me.
15. South of my sacred land will be a section twelve and a half kilometres long and three kilometres wide. It will not be sacred, but will belong to the people of Israel and will include the city of Jerusalem, together with its houses and pasture land.
16. The city will be a square: each side will be two kilometres long,
17. and an open area one hundred and twenty-five metres wide will surround the city.
18. The land on the east and west sides of the city boundaries will be farmland for the people of Jerusalem; both sections will be five kilometres long and three kilometres wide.
19. People from the city will farm the land, no matter which tribe they belong to.
20. And so the centre of this special section of land will be for my sacred land, as well as for the city and its property. The land will be a square, twelve and a half kilometres on each side.
21. The regions east and west of this square of land will belong to the ruler of Israel. His property will run east to the River Jordan and west to the Mediterranean Sea. In the very centre of his property will be my sacred land, as well as the temple,