Numbers 34
34
Boundaries of the Promised Land
1The Lord spoke to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance # 34:2 Lit inheritance — the land of Canaan with these borders:
3Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea. 4Your border will turn south of the Scorpions’ Ascent, # 34:4 Lit of Scorpions; Jos 15:3; Jdg 1:36 proceed to Zin, and end south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon. # 34:4 Jos 15:3; Jdg 1:36 5The border will turn from Azmon # 34:4–5 Jos 15:4 to the Brook of Egypt, # 34:5 Jos 15:47; Is 27:12; Ezk 47:19 where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.
6Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.
7This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea draw a line to Mount Hor; # 34:7 Nm 20:22–28; 33:37–56 8from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath, # 34:8 Or to Lebo-hamath,# 34:8 Nm 13:21; 2Kg 14:25; 2Ch 7:8; Ezk 48:1 and the border will reach Zedad. # 34:8 Ezk 47:15 9Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. # 34:9 Ezk 47:17; 48:1 This will be your northern border.
10For your eastern border, draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah east of Ain. # 34:11 Jos 15:32 It will continue down and reach the eastern slope of the Sea of Chinnereth. # 34:11 = the Sea of Galilee; Jos 12:3; 13:27; Lk 5:1,# 34:11 Jos 12:3; 13:27; Lk 5:1 12Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.”
13So Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes. 14For the tribe of Reuben’s descendants and the tribe of Gad’s descendants have received their inheritance according to their ancestral families, # 34:14 Lit the house of their fathers and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance. 15The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance # 34:15 Nm 32:33 across the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
Leaders for Distributing the Land
16The Lord spoke to Moses, 17“These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: the priest Eleazar and Joshua son of Nun. 18Take one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. 19These are the names of the men:
Caleb # 34:19 Nm 14:6,24,30,38; 26:65 son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
20Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon’s descendants;
21Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
22Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan’s descendants;
23from the sons of Joseph:
Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants,
24Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim’s descendants;
25Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun’s descendants;
26Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar’s descendants;
27Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher’s descendants;
28Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants.”
29These are the ones the Lord commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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Numbers 34
34
Israel's borders
1The LORD told Moses 2to tell the people of Israel that their land in Canaan would have the following borders:
3The southern border will be the Zin Desert and the north-west part of Edom. This border will begin at the south end of the Dead Sea. 4It will go west from there, but will turn southward to include Scorpion Pass, the village of Zin, and the town of Kadesh-Barnea. From there, the border will continue to Hazar-Addar and on to Azmon. 5It will run along the Egyptian Gorge and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
6The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea.
7The northern border will begin at the Mediterranean, then continue eastward to Mount Hor.#34.7 Mount Hor: Not the same as in 33.37. 8After that, it will run to Lebo-Hamath and across to Zedad, which is the northern edge of your land. 9From Zedad, the border will continue east to Ziphron and end at Hazar-Enan.
10The eastern border will begin at Hazar-Enan in the north, then run south to Shepham, 11and on down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there, it will go south to the eastern hills of Lake Galilee,#34.11 Lake Galilee: The Hebrew text has “Lake Chinnereth”, an earlier name for Lake Galilee. 12then follow the River Jordan down to the north end of the Dead Sea.
The land within those four borders will belong to you.
13Then Moses told the people, “You will receive the land inside these borders. It will be yours, but the LORD has commanded you to divide it among the nine and a half tribes.#Nu 26.52-56.#Js 14.1-5. 14The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh have already been given their land 15across from Jericho, east of the River Jordan.”
The leaders who will divide the land
16The LORD said to Moses, 17“Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun will divide the land for the Israelites. 18One leader from each tribe will help them, 19-28and here is the list of their names:
Caleb son of Jephunneh from Judah,
Shemuel son of Ammihud from Simeon,
Elidad son of Chislon from Benjamin,
Bukki son of Jogli from Dan,
Hanniel son of Ephod from Manasseh,
Kemuel son of Shiphtan from Ephraim,
Elizaphan son of Parnach from Zebulun,
Paltiel son of Azzan from Issachar,
Ahihud son of Shelomi from Asher,
and Pedahel son of Ammihud
from Naphtali.”
29These are the men the LORD commanded to help Eleazar and Joshua divide the land for the Israelites.
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