12. shall have their own tract set apart, next to the territory of the Levites, separate from the most holy tract.
13. The Levites shall have territory corresponding to that of the priests, twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide. The whole tract shall be twenty-five thousand cubits long and twenty thousand wide.
14. They may not sell or exchange or transfer any of it, the best part of the land, for it is sacred to the Lord.
15. The remaining section, five thousand cubits long and twenty-five thousand cubits wide, is profane land, assigned to the city for dwellings and pasture. The city is at its center.
16. These are the dimensions of the city: the north side, forty-five hundred cubits; the south side, forty-five hundred cubits; the east side, forty-five hundred cubits; and the west side, forty-five hundred cubits.
17. The pasture land for the city extends north two hundred fifty cubits, south two hundred fifty cubits, east two hundred fifty cubits, and west two hundred fifty cubits.
18. The remaining section runs eastward along the sacred tract for ten thousand cubits and westward ten thousand cubits. Its produce shall provide 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 sacred tract measures twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand cubits; as a square you shall set apart the sacred tract together with the city property.
21. The remaining land on both sides of the sacred tract and the property of the city shall belong to the prince, extending eastward twenty-five thousand cubits up to the eastern boundary, and westward twenty-five thousand cubits to the western boundary. This portion belongs to the prince and corresponds to the tribal portions. The sacred tract and the sanctuary of the temple shall be in the middle.
22. Except for the Levites’ property and the city’s property, which are in the middle of the prince’s property, the territory between the portion of Judah and the portion of Benjamin shall belong to the prince.
23. These are the remaining tribes:From the eastern border to the western border: Benjamin, one portion.
24. Along the territory of Benjamin from the eastern border to the western border: Simeon, one portion.
25. Along the territory of Simeon from the eastern border to the western border: Issachar, one portion.
26. Along the territory of Issachar from the eastern border to the western border: Zebulun, one portion.
27. Along the territory of Zebulun from the eastern border to the western border: Gad, one portion.