1Now 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 . 2And by the border of Dan , from the east side unto the west side , Asher, one portion . 3And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side , Naphtali , one portion . 4And by the border of Naphtali , from the east side unto the west side , Manasseh , one portion . 5And by the border of Manasseh , from the east side unto the west side , Ephraim, one portion . 6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side , Reuben , one portion . 7And by the border of Reuben , from the east side unto the west side , Judah , one portion . 8And by the border of Judah , from the east side unto the west side , shall be the oblation which ye shall offer , five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth , and in length as one of the portions , from the east side unto the west side : and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it . 9The oblation that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth . 10And for these, even for the priests , shall be the holy oblation ; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length , and toward the west ten thousand in breadth , and toward the east ten thousand in breadth , and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst thereof . 11It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok , that have kept my charge , that went not astray when the children of Israel went astray , as the Levites went astray . 12And it shall be unto them an oblation from the oblation of the land , a thing most holy , by the border of the Levites . 13And answerable unto the border of the priests , the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth : all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. 14And they shall sell none of it , nor exchange it , nor shall the first-fruits of the land be alienated; for it is holy unto Jehovah . 15And the five thousand that are left in the breadth , in front of the five and twenty thousand, shall be for common use , for the city , for dwelling and for suburbs ; and the city shall be in the midst thereof . 16And these shall be the measures thereof: 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 . 17And the city shall have suburbs : toward the north two hundred and fifty , and toward the south two hundred and fifty , and toward the east two hundred and fifty , and toward the west two hundred and fifty . 18And the residue in the length, answerable unto the holy oblation , shall be ten thousand eastward , and ten thousand westward ; and it shall be answerable unto the holy oblation ; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that labor in the city . 19And they that labor in the city , out of all the tribes of Israel , shall till it . 20All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare , with the possession of the city . 21And the residue shall be for the prince , on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city ; in front of the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border , and westward in front of the five and twenty thousand toward the west border , answerable unto the portions , it shall be for the prince : and the holy oblation and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof . 22Moreover from the possession of the Levites , and from the possession of the city , being in the midst of that which is the prince ’s, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin , it shall be for the prince . 23And as for the rest of the tribes : from the east side unto the west side , Benjamin , one portion . 24And by the border of Benjamin , from the east side unto the west side , Simeon , one portion . 25And by the border of Simeon , from the east side unto the west side , Issachar , one portion . 26And by the border of Issachar , from the east side unto the west side , Zebulun , one portion . 27And by the border of Zebulun , from the east side unto the west side , Gad , one portion . 28And by the border of Gad , at the south side southward , the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt , unto the great sea . 29This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance , and these are their several portions , saith the Lord Jehovah .
The City and Its Gates
30And these are the egresses of the city : On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure ; 31and 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 . 32And 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 . 33And 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 . 34At 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 . 35It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about : and the name of the city from that day shall be , Jehovah is there .