Numbers 34

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 “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,

Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land which is to be your heritage, the land of Canaan inside these limits, )

3 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.

Then your south quarter will be from the waste land of Zin by the side of Edom, and your limit on the south will be from the east end of the Salt Sea,

4 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.

And round to the south of the slope of Akrabbim, and on to Zin: and its direction will be south of Kadesh-barnea, and it will go as far as Hazar-addar and on to Azmon:

5 From there, the border will turn from Azmon toward the brook of Egypt and follow it to the sea.

And from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.

6 The western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea. This will be your western border.

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

7 Your northern border will extend along a line that you must mark out from the Great Sea to Mount Hor,

And your limit on the north will be the line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor:

8 then from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath, then on to Zedad.

And from Mount Hor the line will go in the direction of Hamath; the farthest point of it will be at Zedad:

9 Then the border will continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

And the limit will go on to Ziphron, with its farthest point at Hazar-enan: this will be your limit on the north.

10 Then you must mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan south to Shepham.

And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

11 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.

Going down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain, and on as far as the east side of the sea of Chinnereth:

12 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.'”

And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.

13 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.

And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:

14 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.

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:

15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their share of land beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

The two tribes and the half-tribe have been given their heritage on the other side of Jordan at Jericho, on the east looking to the dawn.

16 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

And the Lord said to Moses,

17 “These are the names of the men who will divide the land for your inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

18 You must choose one leader from every tribe to divide the land for their clans.

And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.

19 These are the names of the men: From the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.

And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

20 From the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud.

And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel, the son of Ammihud.

21 From the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon.

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, the son of Chislon.

22 From of the tribe of the descendants of Dan a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.

And of the tribe of the children of Dan, a chief, Bukki, the son of Jogli.

23 From the descendants of Joseph, of the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod.

Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a chief, Hanniel, the son of Ephod:

24 From the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.

And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.

25 From the tribe of the descendants of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnak.

And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.

26 From the tribe of the descendants of Issachar a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan.

And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.

27 From the tribe of the descendants of Asher a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi.

And of the tribe of the children of Asher, a chief, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.

28 From the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.”

And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.

29 Yahweh commanded these men to divide the land of Canaan and to give each of the tribes of Israel their share.

These are they to whom the Lord gave orders to make the distribution of the heritage among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.