1 “ These are the names of the family groups: Dan will have one share of land at the far north. His land will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan beside the land of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath, going from east to west.

Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.

2 A sher will have one share of land beside Dan, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.

3 N aphtali will have one share beside Asher, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.

4 M anasseh will have one share beside Naphtali, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.

5 E phraim will have one share beside Manasseh, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.

6 R euben will have one share beside Ephraim, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.

7 J udah will have one share beside Reuben, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.

8 “ Beside Judah, from the east side to the west side, will be the share of land you must set apart as a special gift. It will be as wide as 12, 500 long steps, and as long as one of the other shares of land, from the east side to the west side. And the holy place will be in the center of it.

By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

9 T he gift of land that you will set apart to the Lord will be as long as 12, 500 long steps and as wide as 5, 000 long steps.

The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in width.

10 T here will be a holy part for the religious leaders. It will be as long as 12, 500 long steps on the north side, 5, 000 long steps on the west side, 5, 000 long steps on the east side, and 12, 500 long steps on the south side. The holy house of the Lord will be in the center of it.

For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the middle of it.

11 I t will be for the religious leaders who are set apart of the sons of Zadok, who have been faithful in serving Me. They did not sin as the Levites did when the people of Israel went the wrong way.

It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my instruction, who didn’t go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

12 I t will belong to them as a special gift from part of the land, a most holy place, beside the land of the Levites.

It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.

13 T he Levites will have land beside the religious leaders, as long as 12, 500 long steps and as wide as 5, 000 long steps. The whole length will be 12, 500 long steps, and the width 5, 000 long steps.

Answerable to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width: all the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.

14 T hey must not sell or trade any of it. This is the best part of the land, and it must not pass into other hands. For it is holy to the Lord.

They shall sell none of it, nor exchange it, nor shall the first fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy to Yahweh.

15 “ The rest of the land, 2, 500 long steps in width and 12, 500 long steps in length, will be for all the people. It will be for houses and for open fields, and the city will be in the center of it.

The five thousand that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the middle of it.

16 T he city will be 2, 250 long steps on each of its four sides.

These shall be its measurements: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

17 A nd it will have open fields, 125 long steps in width, all around the city.

The city shall have suburbs: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.

18 T he rest of the length beside the holy part of the land will be 5, 000 long steps toward the east and 5, 000 long steps toward the west. This will be where food is grown for those who work in the city.

The remainder in the length, answerable to the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable to the holy offering; and its increase shall be for food to those who labor in the city.

19 A nd the workers of the city, from all the family groups of Israel, will work the ground.

Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

20 T he whole piece of land will be as long as 12, 500 long steps on each of its four sides. You will set apart the holy piece of land, together with the land for the city.

All the offering shall be a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall offer it as a holy offering, with the possession of the city.

21 “ The rest of the land will be for the ruler, on both sides of the holy piece of land and of the land for the city. It will go from the 12, 500 long steps of the holy piece of land all the way to the east side, and from the 12, 500 long steps all the way to the west side, along the shares for the family groups. It will belong to the ruler. The holy piece of land and the house of the Lord will be in the center of it.

The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.

22 S o the land of the Levites and the land of the city will be in the center of the ruler’s land. And the ruler’s land will be between the land of Judah and the land of Benjamin.

Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the middle of that which is the prince’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.

23 “ As for the rest of the family groups, Benjamin will have one share of land. It will spread from the east side to the west side.

As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.

24 S imeon will have one share beside Benjamin, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.

25 I ssachar will have one share beside Simeon, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.

26 Z ebulun will have one share beside Issachar, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.

27 G ad will have one share beside Zebulun, from the east side to the west side.

By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.

28 T he south side of Gad’s share will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then to the River of Egypt and to the Great Sea.

By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.

29 T his is the land you will give by drawing names to the family groups of Israel for their own. And these are their shares,” says the Lord God. The Gates of Jerusalem

This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord Yahweh.

30 “ These will be the gates of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is as long as 2, 250 long steps,

These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure;

31 t he gates of the city will be given the names of the family groups of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.

and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.

32 T he east side is as long as 2, 250 long steps. The three gates on this side will be the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.

At the east side four thousand and five hundred reeds, and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

33 T he south side is as long as 2, 250 long steps. The three gates on this side will be the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.

At the south side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

34 A nd the west side is as long as 2, 250 long steps. The three gates on this side will be the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

At the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.

35 I t will be 9, 000 long steps around the city. And the name of the city from that time on will be: ‘The Lord is there.’”

It shall be eighteen thousand reeds around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.