Numbers 34
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
2 “Tell this to the Israeli people: You will soon enter Canaan land, and it will become yours. These will be the borders of the land:
“Command the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, the land that will belong to you, the land of Canaan and its borders,
3 On the south you will receive part of the Zin Desert, near the border of the Edom [region]. On the east side, the border will start at the south end of the Dead Sea.
your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. The eastern end of the southern border will be on a line that ends at the southern end of the Salt Sea.
4 It will extend to a little south of the Scorpion Pass, and extend [west] through [the] Zin [Desert] and south of Kadesh-Barnea. From there it will extend to Hazar Addar and from there to Azmon.
Your border will turn south from the hill of Akrabbim and pass along through the wilderness of Zin. From there, it will run south of Kadesh Barnea and continue to Hazar Addar and further to Azmon.
5 From Azmon it will extend [west] to the dry riverbed [at the border] of Egypt and then to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
From there, the border will turn from Azmon toward the brook of Egypt and follow it to the sea.
6 The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.
The western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea. This will be your western border.
7 The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend [east] to Hor Mountain.
Your northern border will extend along a line that you must mark out from the Great Sea to Mount Hor,
8 From there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then to Zedad.
then from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath, then on to Zedad.
9 From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan.
Then the border will continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.
10 The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend [south] to Shepham.
Then you must mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan south to Shepham.
11 From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
Then the eastern border will go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border will continue along the east side of the Sea of Kinnereth.
12 Then the border will extend south along the Jordan [River] and end at the Dead Sea. Those will be the borders around your country.”
Then the border will continue south along the Jordan River to the Salt Sea and continue down the eastern border of the Salt Sea. This will be your land, following its borders all around.'”
13 So Moses/I [told all that] to the Israeli people. Then he/I said to them, “That is the land that you will receive. You must throw (lots/stones that have been marked) to decide which area will go to each of the nine and a half tribes, because Yahweh has commanded that it should be divided among them.
Then Moses commanded the people of Israel and said, “This is the land that you will receive by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe.
14 The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received the land in which they will live.
The tribe of the descendants of Reuben, following the assignment of property to their ancestor's tribe, and the tribe of the descendants of Gad, following the assignment of property to their ancestor's tribe, and the half tribe of Manasseh have all received their land.
15 They have received land on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.”
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their share of land beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
17 “These are the men who will divide the land: First, Eleazar and Joshua.
“These are the names of the men who will divide the land for your inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
18 But one leader [from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land].
You must choose one leader from every tribe to divide the land for their clans.
19 “From the tribe of Judah, appoint Jephunneh’s son Caleb. From the tribe of Simeon appoint Ammihud’s son Shemuel. From the tribe of Benjamin appoint Kislon’s son Elidad. From the tribe of Dan appoint Jogli’s son Bukki. From the tribe of Manasseh appoint Ephod’s son Hanniel. From the tribe of Ephraim appoint Shiphtan’s son Kemuel. From the tribe of Zebulun appoint Parnach’s son Elizaphan. From the tribe of Issachar appoint Azzan’s son Paltiel. From the tribe of Asher appoint Shelomi’s son Ahihud. From the tribe of Naphtali appoint Ammihud’s son Pedahel.”
These are the names of the men: From the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
From the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud.
From the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon.
From of the tribe of the descendants of Dan a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.
From the descendants of Joseph, of the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod.
From the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.
From the tribe of the descendants of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnak.
From the tribe of the descendants of Issachar a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan.
From the tribe of the descendants of Asher a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi.
From the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.”
29 Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people.
Yahweh commanded these men to divide the land of Canaan and to give each of the tribes of Israel their share.
