18. The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city.
19. The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it.
20. The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.
21. “The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.
22. The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince.
23. “As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion.
24. Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion.
25. Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion.
26. Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion.
27. Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion.
28. Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt and on to the Great Sea.
29. This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the sovereign Lord.
30. “These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure,
31. the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.