Numbers 34
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 “Instruct the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, and it has fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bound by these limits:
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 The southern part shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is next to Edom, and it shall have the Sea of Salt as a limit to the east.
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 It shall circle on the south side along the ascent of the Scorpion, by this way crossing into Senna, and passing through, from the south, as far as Kadesh-barnea, from which its confines shall go out to the town called Adar, and extend even 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 And its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea.
And from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.
6 Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.
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 Furthermore, toward the northern region, its limits shall begin from the Great Sea, passing through even to the highest mountain.
And your limit on the north will be the line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor:
8 From there, it limits shall advance into Hamath, as far as the limits of Zedad.
And from Mount Hor the line will go in the direction of Hamath; the farthest point of it will be at Zedad:
9 And its confines shall go all the way to Ziphron, and to the village of Enan. These shall be the limits on the northern side.
And the limit will go on to Ziphron, with its farthest point at Hazar-enan: this will be your limit on the north.
10 From there, its limits shall be measured, facing the east side, from the village of Enan as far as Shepham.
And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
11 And from Shepham, the boundaries shall descend into Riblah, opposite the fountain of Daphnis. From there, the boundaries shall pass through, opposite the east, to the Sea of Chinnereth,
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 and shall extend as far as the Jordan, and, at the furthest extent, shall be enclosed by the Sea of Salt. You shall have this land, with its borders all around.”
And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
13 And Moses instructed the sons of Israel, saying: “This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord has ordered to be given 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 For the tribe of the sons of Ruben, by their families, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, according to the number of their kinships, and also one half of the tribe of Manasseh,
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 that is, two and a half tribes, have received their portion across the Jordan, opposite Jericho, toward the eastern side.”
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 And the Lord said to Moses:
And the Lord said to Moses,
17 “These are the names of the men, who shall divide the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the 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 and one leader from each tribe,
And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.
19 whose names are these: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the 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 Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel, the son of Ammihud.
21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, the son of Chislon.
22 from the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli;
And of the tribe of the children of Dan, a chief, Bukki, the son of Jogli.
23 of the sons of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Hanniel the 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 Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;
And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
25 from the tribe of Zebulon, Elizaphan the son of Parnach;
And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.
26 from the tribe of Issachar, Paltiel the leader, the son of Azzan;
And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.
27 from the tribe of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;
And of the tribe of the children of Asher, a chief, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.
28 from the tribe of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”
And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.
29 These are the ones that the Lord has ordered to divide the land of Canaan to the sons of Israel.
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.
