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.