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.

And these the names of the tribes: From the north end unto the side of the way of Hethlon, at the coming in to Hamath, Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus northward, unto the side of Hamath, and they have been his -- side east and west, Dan one,

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

and by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher one,

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

and by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali one,

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

and by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh one,

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

and by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim one,

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

and by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben one,

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

and by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah one,

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.

and by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side is the heave-offering that ye lift up, five and twenty thousand broad and long, as one of the parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary hath been in its midst.

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 heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.

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.

And of these is the holy heave-offering for the priests, northward five and twenty thousand, and westward breadth ten thousand, and eastward breadth ten thousand, and southward length five and twenty thousand: and the sanctuary of Jehovah hath been in its midst.

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.

For the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who erred not in the erring of the sons of Israel, as the Levites erred,

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.

even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, 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.

`And the Levites over-against the border of the priests five and twenty thousand length, and breadth ten thousand, all the length five and twenty thousand, and the breadth 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.

And they do not sell of it, nor exchange, nor cause to pass away the first-fruit of the land: for holy to Jehovah.

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.

And the five thousand that is left in the breadth, on the front of the five and twenty thousand, is common -- for the city, for dwelling, and for suburb, and the city hath been in its midst.

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

And these its measures: the north side five hundred, and four thousand, and the south side five hundred, and four thousand, and on the east side five hundred, and four thousand, and the west side five hundred, and four thousand.

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

And the suburb to the city hath been northward, fifty and two hundred, and southward, fifty and two hundred, and eastward, fifty and two hundred, and westward, fifty and two hundred.

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.

`And the residue in length over-against the heave-offering of the holy ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward, and it hath been over-against the heave-offering of the holy, and its increase hath been for food to the servants of the city,

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

even him who is serving the city, they serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

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 heave-offering five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, square do ye lift up the heave-offering of the holy 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.

`And the residue for the prince, on this side and on that side of the heave-offering of the holy, and of the possession of the city, on the front of the five and twenty thousand of the heave-offering unto the east border, and westward, on the front of the five and twenty thousand on the west border, over-against the portions of the prince; and the heave-offering of the holy, and the sanctuary of the house, hath been in its midst.

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.

And from the possession of the Levites, from the possession of the city, in the midst of that which is to the prince, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, there is to 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 to the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin one,

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

and by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon one,

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

and by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar one,

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

and by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun one,

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

and by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad one,

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.

and by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border hath been from Tamar the waters of Meriboth-Kadesh, the stream by 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 the land that ye separate by inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these their portions -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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

`And these the outgoings of the city on the north side, five hundred, and four thousand measures.

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 according to 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.

And on the east side five hundred, and four thousand, and three gates: 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.

And the south side five hundred, and four thousand measures, 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.

The west side five hundred, and four thousand, their gates three: 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.’”

Round about eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city from the day Jehovah there.'