17. The city’s pastureland will be 4,375 feet on the north, 4,375 feet on the south, 4,375 feet on the east, and 4,375 feet on the west.
18. The rest of the land borders the holy area and runs lengthwise. This land will be 17,500 feet on its east side and 17,500 feet on its west side. It will be used to provide food for the city workers.
19. City workers from all the tribes in Israel will farm it.
20. The whole area will be 43,750 feet square. You must give this land as a special gift to the Lord along with the city property.
21. Whatever is left on the east side and west side of the holy area and the city property will belong to the prince. This land will extend eastward from the holy area to the eastern border, and it will extend westward to the western border. Both of these areas are as long as one of the sections of the tribes. These areas belong to the prince, and the holy area with the holy place of the temple will be between them.
22. So the Levites’ property and the city’s property will be between the prince’s part of the land. What is between Judah’s and Benjamin’s boundaries will belong to the prince.
23. This is what the rest of the tribes will receive: Benjamin will have one part of the land. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.
24. Simeon will have one part of the land and border Benjamin on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.
25. Issachar will have one part of the land and border Simeon on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.
26. Zebulun will have one part of the land and border Issachar on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.
27. Gad will have one part of the land and border Zebulun on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.
28. The southern border of Gad will run south from Tamar to the oasis at Meribah in Kadesh, and it will run along the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.
29. This is the land you will divide as your inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their areas, declares the Almighty Lord.