Numbers 34

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

2 Charge the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, You are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its boundaries.

“Give this command to the Israelites: ‘When you enter the country of Canaan, it will be allocated to you to own with the following boundaries:

3 And your southern side shall be from the wilderness of Sin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of the salt sea eastward.

The southern extent of your country will be from the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern border will run east from the end of the Dead Sea,

4 And your border shall go round you from the south to the ascent of Acrabin, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the going forth of it shall be southward to Cades Barne, and it shall go forth to the village of Arad, and shall proceed by Asemona.

cross south of Scorpion Pass, on to Zin, and reach its southern limit south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go to Hazar-addar and on to Azmon.

5 And the border shall compass from Asemona to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the termination.

There the boundary will turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

6 And you shall have your border on the west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on the west.

Your western border will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This is to be your boundary to the west.

7 And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea you shall measure to yourselves, by the side of the mountain.

Your northern border will run from the Mediterranean Sea straight to Mount Hor.

8 And you shall measure to yourselves the mountain from mount [Hor] at the entering in to Emath, and the termination of it shall be the coasts of Saradac.

From Mount Hor the boundary will go to Lebo-hamath, then on to Zedad,

9 And the border shall go out to Dephrona, and its termination shall be at Arsenain; this shall be your border from the north.

to Ziphron, ending at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary to the north.

10 And you shall measure to yourselves the eastern border from Arsenain to Sepphamar.

Your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham

11 And the border shall go down from Sepphamar to Bela eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from Bela behind the sea Chenereth eastward.

Then the boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. It will pass down along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.

12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and its borders round about.

Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan, ending at the Dead Sea. This is to be your land with its surrounding borders.’”

13 And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the land which you shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasse.

Moses gave the order to the Israelites, “Allocate ownership of this land by lot. The Lord has commanded it to be given to the nine and a half tribes.

14 For the tribe of the children of Ruben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have received [their inheritance] according to their families; and the half-tribe of Manasse have received their inheritances.

The tribes of Reuben and Gad, together with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their allocation.

15 Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond Jordan by Jericho from the south eastwards.

These two and a half tribes have received their allocation on the east side of the Jordan opposite Jericho.”

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord told Moses,

17 These [are] the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for an inheritance; Eleazar the priest and Joshua the [son] of Naue.

“These are the names of the men who will be in charge of allocating ownership of the land for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, son of Nun.

18 And you shall take one ruler from [each] tribe to divide the land to you by lot.

Have one leader from each tribe help in the distribution of the land.

19 And these [are] the names of the men; of the tribe of Juda Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

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

20 Of the tribe of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Semiud.

From the tribe of Simeon: Shemuel, son of Ammihud.

21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Eldad the son of Chaslon.

From the tribe of Benjamin: Elidad, son of Chislon.

22 Of the tribe of Dan the prince [was] Bacchir the son of Egli.

A leader from the tribe of Dan: Bukki, son of Jogli.

23 Of the sons of Joseph of the tribe of the sons of Manasse, the prince was Aniel the son of Suphi.

A leader from the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph: Hanniel son of Ephod.

24 Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince was Camuel the son of Sabathan.

A leader from the tribe of Ephraim: Kemuel, son of Shiphtan.

25 Of the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Elisaphan the son of Pharnac.

A leader from the tribe of Zebulun: Eli-zaphan, son of Parnach.

26 Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Phaltiel the son of Oza.

A leader from the tribe of Issachar: Paltiel, son of Azzan.

27 Of the tribe of the children of Aser, the prince was Achior the son of Selemi.

A leader from the tribe of Asher: Ahihud, son of Shelomi.

28 Of the tribe of Nephthali, the prince was Phadael the son of Jamiud.

A leader from the tribe of Naphtali: Pedahel, son of Ammihud.”

29 These did the Lord command to distribute [the inheritances] to the children of Israel in the land of Chanaan.

These are the names of those the Lord put in charge of allocating land ownership in the country of Canaan.