4. This area will be holy, set aside for the priests who minister to the lord in the sanctuary. They will use it for their homes, and my Temple will be located within it.
5. The strip of sacred land next to it, also 81/3 miles long and 31/3 miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.
6. “Adjacent to the larger sacred area will be a section of land 81/3 miles long and 12/3 miles wide. This will be set aside for a city where anyone in Israel can live.
7. “Two special sections of land will be set apart for the prince. One section will share a border with the east side of the sacred lands and city, and the second section will share a border on the west side. Then the far eastern and western borders of the prince’s lands will line up with the eastern and western boundaries of the tribal areas.
8. These sections of land will be the prince’s allotment. Then my princes will no longer oppress and rob my people; they will assign the rest of the land to the people, giving an allotment to each tribe.
9. “For this is what the Sovereign lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land. Stop expelling them from their homes, says the Sovereign lord.
10. Use only honest weights and scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid.
11. The homer will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath will each measure one-tenth of a homer.
12. The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.
13. “You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60 you harvest,