This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
This is the land which ye shall divide. Thus the order of allotments is:
In the middle of A was the temple, and this whole portion was given to the priests of Zadok's line. B was given to the Levites. C is the secular portion, in the center of which stands the city. Thus the holy portion of the land does not stand midway between the two divisions of tribes, but has seven north of it and five south of it.