On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.

The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.

The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.