20. “This dedicated area, set apart for holy purposes, will be a square, seven miles by seven miles, a ‘holy square,’ which includes the part set aside for the city.
23. “And then the rest of the tribes:“Benjamin: one portion, stretching from the eastern to the western boundary.
24. “Simeon: one portion, bordering Benjamin from east to west.
25. “Issachar: one portion, bordering Simeon from east to west.
26. “Zebulun: one portion, bordering Issachar from east to west.
27. “Gad: one portion, bordering Zebulun from east to west.
28. “The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh, along the Brook of Egypt and then out to the Great Mediterranean Sea.
29. “This is the land that you are to divide up among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance. These are their portions.” Decree of God, the Master.