10. It will be the sacred share of land for the priests. It will be eight and a fourth miles long on the north side. It will be three and a third miles wide on the west side. It will be three and a third miles wide on the east side. And it will be eight and a fourth miles long on the south side. My temple will be in the center of it.
11. "This share of land will be for the priests who are set apart to me. They will come from the family line of Zadok. The members of that family served me faithfully. They did not go down the wrong path as the Levites and other Israelites did.
12. Their share of land will be a special gift to them. It will be part of the sacred share of the land. It will be very holy. Its border will run along the territory of the Levites.
13. "The Levites will receive a share. It will be next to the territory of the priests. The Levites' share will be eight and a fourth miles long and three and a third miles wide.
14. They must not sell or trade any of it. It is the best part of the land. It must not be handed over to anyone else. It is set apart to me.
15. "The area that remains is one and two thirds miles wide. It is eight and a fourth miles long. It will not be holy. The people in Jerusalem can build houses there. They can use some of it as grasslands. The city will be in the center of it.
16. Each of the four sides of the city will be one and a half miles long.
17. Each of the four sides of the city's grasslands will be 437 and a half feet long.
18. "What remains of the area will be three and a third miles long on the east and west sides. Its border will run along the border of the sacred share. Its crops will supply food for the city workers.
19. They will farm the area. They will come from all of the tribes of Israel.
20. The entire area will be a square. Each of its four sides will be eight and a fourth miles long. Set the sacred share apart as a special gift to me. Do the same thing with the property of the city.
21. "The area that remains on both sides will belong to the prince. So his land does not include the sacred share and the city property. The eastern part of his land will reach from the sacred share all the way to the eastern border. The western part will reach from the sacred share to the western border. The sacred share itself is eight and a fourth miles long on its east and west sides. Both of those areas will be right next to the borders of the two tribes on the north and south sides. They will belong to the prince. The sacred share will be in the center of them. It will have the temple in it.
22. "The property of the Levites will lie in the center of the prince's share. So will the property of the city. The prince's land will lie between the borders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
23. "Here is the land for the rest of the tribes. Benjamin will receive one share. It will reach from the eastern border to the western border.
24. "Simeon will receive one share. It will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.
25. "Issachar will receive one share. It will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.
26. "Zebulun will receive one share. It will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.
27. "Gad will receive one share. It will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
28. "The southern border of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh. It will continue along the Wadi of Egypt. It will end at the Mediterranean Sea.
29. "That is the land you must divide among the tribes of Israel. And those will be the shares they will receive," announces the Lord and King.