Numbers 34
34
The Borders of Canaan
1The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them this: You will soon enter the land of Canaan. I am giving you that land to be your very own. These will be its borders: 3On the south, you will get part of the desert of Zin near Edom. Your southern border will start at the south end of the Dead Sea. 4It will cross south of Scorpion Pass. It will go through the town of Zin to Kadesh Barnea and then to Hazar Addar, and then it will pass through Azmon. 5From Azmon the border will go to the River of Egypt,#34:5 River of Egypt That is, the stream called “Wadi El-Arish.” and it will end at the Mediterranean Sea. 6Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. 7Your northern border will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and go to Mount Hor. 8From Mount Hor it will go to Lebo Hamath, and then to Zedad. 9Then that border will go to Ziphron and it will end at Hazar Enan. So that will be your northern border. 10Your eastern border will begin at Enan and it will go to Shepham. 11From Shepham the border will go east of Ain to Riblah. The border will continue along the hills by Lake Galilee.#34:11 Lake Galilee Literally, “Kinnereth Lake.” 12Then the border will continue along the Jordan River. It will end at the Dead Sea. These are the borders around your country.”
13So Moses gave this command to the Israelites, “That is the land that you will get. You will throw lots to divide the land among the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh, as the Lord commanded. 14The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already taken their land. 15These two and a half tribes took the land near Jericho—they took the land east of the Jordan River.”
16Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 17“These are the men who will help you divide the land: Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, 18and the leaders of all the tribes. There will be one leader from each tribe. These men will divide the land. 19These are the names of the leaders:
from the tribe of Judah—Caleb son of Jephunneh;
20from the tribe of Simeon—Shemuel son of Ammihud;
21from the tribe of Benjamin—Elidad son of Kislon;
22from the tribe of Dan—Bukki son of Jogli;
23from the descendants of Joseph;
from the tribe of Manasseh—Hanniel son of Ephod;
24from the tribe of Ephraim—Kemuel son of Shiphtan;
25from the tribe of Zebulun—Elizaphan son of Parnach;
26from the tribe of Issachar—Paltiel son of Azzan;
27from the tribe of Asher—Ahihud son of Shelomi;
28from the tribe of Naphtali—Pedahel son of Ammihud.”
29The Lord chose these men to divide the land of Canaan among the Israelites.
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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.#Jos 15:3; Jdg 1:36 5The border will turn from Azmon#Jos 15:4 to the Brook of Egypt,#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;#Nm 20:22–28; 33:37–56 8from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath,#34:8 Or to Lebo-hamath#Nm 13:21; 2Kg 14:25; 2Ch 7:8; Ezk 48:1 and the border will reach Zedad.#Ezk 47:15 9Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan.#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.#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#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#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#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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