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20 This entire area—including the sacred lands and the city—is a square that measures 8 1⁄3 miles[a] on each side.

21 “The areas that remain, to the east and to the west of the sacred lands and the city, will belong to the prince. Each of these areas will be 8 1⁄3 miles wide, extending in opposite directions to the eastern and western borders of Israel, with the sacred lands and the sanctuary of the Temple in the center. 22 So the prince’s land will include everything between the territories allotted to Judah and Benjamin, except for the areas set aside for the sacred lands and the city.

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Footnotes

  1. 48:20 Hebrew 25,000 [cubits] [13.3 kilometers]; also in 48:21.

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