The Portions for the Tribes

1“And these are the names of the tribes:

From the border of the north, along the coast of the way of Hethlon, at the entrance of Hamath, unto Hazar-enan, on the border of Damascus northward, toward the hand of Hamath, there will be from the side of the east to the west for Dan one portion.

2And along the border of Dan, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Asher one portion.

3And along the border of Asher, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Naphtali one portion.

4And along the border of Naphtali, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Manasseh one portion.

5And along the border of Manasseh, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Ephraim one portion.

6And along the border of Ephraim, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Reuben one portion.

7And along the border of Reuben, from the side of the east to the side of the west, for Judah one portion.

The Portions for the Priests and Levites

8And along the border of Judah, from the side of the east to the side of the west, will be the portion that you⁺ will set apart—five and twenty thousand in width,† and in length as one of the portions, from the side of the east to the side of the west, with the sanctuary in the middle of it.

9The special portion that you⁺ shall set apart for YHWH shall be five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in width.†

10And to these will be the holy portion for the priests: To the north five and twenty thousand, and to the west ten thousand in width, and to the east ten thousand in width, and to the south five and twenty thousand in length; and the sanctuary of YHWH will be in the middle of it 11for the priests who are sanctified from the sons of Zadok, those who have kept My charge, who did not go astray in the straying of the sons of Israel, as the Levites went astray. 12And a special portion will be for them from the portion of the land, a holy of holies,† toward the border of the Levites.

13And the Levites shall be next to the border of the priests, five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in width; all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the width ten thousand. 14And they shall not sell of it, and not exchange it; and they must not cause to pass through the firstfruit of the land, for it is holy to YHWH.

The Common Portion

15And the five thousand† that are remaining in width, along the edge of the five and twenty thousand, is for common use; it is for the city, for dwellings, and for pastureland; and the city will be in the middle of it. 16And these shall be its measurements: The side of the north, five hundred and four thousand; and the side of the south, five and five hundred and four thousand;† and the side of the east, five hundred and four thousand; and the side of the west, five hundred and four thousand.

17And the pastureland for the city will be to the north fifty and two hundred, and to the south fifty and two hundred,† and to the east fifty and two hundred, and to the west fifty and two hundred.

18And the remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be ten thousand to the east, and ten thousand to the west; and it will be adjacent to the holy portion, and its produce will be for food for the workers of the city. 19And the workers of the city will work it from all the tribes of Israel.

20All the portion shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, foursquare; you⁺ shall set apart the holy portion along with the property of the city.

The Portion for the Prince

21And the remainder is unto the prince, on this side and on this side of the holy portion and the property of the city; toward the faces of the five and twenty thousand portion alongside the border of the east, and westward alongside the faces of the five and twenty thousand along the border of the west, adjacent to the allotments, is unto the prince. The holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the midst of it.

22And apart from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, in the midst of what will be unto the prince, between the border of Judah and between the border of Benjamin, will be unto the prince.

The Portions for the Remaining Tribes

23And the rest of the tribes:

From the side of the east to the side of the west, Benjamin has one portion.

24And along the border of Benjamin, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Simeon has one portion.

25And along the border of Simeon, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Issachar has one portion.

26And along the border of Issachar, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Zebulun has one portion.

27And along the border of Zebulun, from the side of the east to the side of the west, Gad has one portion.

28And along the border of Gad, on the side of the Negev, toward the south, the border will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, along the brook of Egypt† to the Great Sea.† 29This is the land that you⁺ shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions,” a declaration of the Lord YHWH.

The City Gates and Dimensions

30“And these are the exits of the city:

On the side of the north, which is five hundred and four thousand by measure, 31and these gates of the city are according to the names of the tribes of Israel: Three gates to the north—one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi.

32And on the side of the east, five hundred and four thousand, also three gates—one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan.

33And on the side of the south, five hundred and four thousand by measure, also three gates—one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun.

34On the side of the west, five hundred and four thousand, their three gates—one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali.

35All around it eighteen thousand.† And the name of the city from that day is:

YHWH Shammah.†

Footnotes:

8 25,000 (long) cubits is approximately 8.3 miles or 13.3 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, and 21.
9 10,000 (long) cubits is approximately 3.3 miles or 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13, and 18.
12 Or a Most Holy Place
15 5,000 (long) cubits is approximately 1.7 miles or 2.7 kilometers.
16 4,500 (long) cubits is approximately 1.5 miles or 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33, and 34.
17 250 (long) cubits is approximately 437.5 feet or 133.4 meters.
28 Hebrew does not include of Egypt.
28 That is, the Mediterranean Sea
35 18,000 (long) cubits is approximately 6 miles or 9.6 kilometers.
35 YHWH Shammah means YHWH IS THERE