1. "Here are the tribes. They are listed by their names. Dan will receive one share of land. It will be at the northern border of Israel. The border will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath. Hazar Enan will be part of the border. So will the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath. Dan's northern border will run from east to west.
2. "Asher will receive one share. It will border the territory of Dan from east to west.
3. "Naphtali will receive one share. It will border the territory of Asher from east to west.
4. "Manasseh will receive one share. It will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
5. "Ephraim will receive one share. It will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
6. "Reuben will receive one share. It will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
7. "Judah will receive one share. It will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.
8. "You must give one share as a special gift to me. It will border the territory of Judah from east to west. It will be eight and a fourth miles wide. It will be as long as the border of each of the territories of the tribes. Its border will run from east to west. The temple will be in the center of that strip of land.
9. "Give that special share of land to me. It will be eight and a fourth miles long and three and a third miles wide.
10. It will be the sacred share of land for the priests. It will be eight and a fourth miles long on the north side. It will be three and a third miles wide on the west side. It will be three and a third miles wide on the east side. And it will be eight and a fourth miles long on the south side. My temple will be in the center of it.
11. "This share of land will be for the priests who are set apart to me. They will come from the family line of Zadok. The members of that family served me faithfully. They did not go down the wrong path as the Levites and other Israelites did.
12. Their share of land will be a special gift to them. It will be part of the sacred share of the land. It will be very holy. Its border will run along the territory of the Levites.
13. "The Levites will receive a share. It will be next to the territory of the priests. The Levites' share will be eight and a fourth miles long and three and a third miles wide.
14. They must not sell or trade any of it. It is the best part of the land. It must not be handed over to anyone else. It is set apart to me.
15. "The area that remains is one and two thirds miles wide. It is eight and a fourth miles long. It will not be holy. The people in Jerusalem can build houses there. They can use some of it as grasslands. The city will be in the center of it.
16. Each of the four sides of the city will be one and a half miles long.
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.