Numbers 34

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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:

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

6 Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.

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.

7 Furthermore, toward the northern region, its limits shall begin from the Great Sea, passing through even to the highest mountain.

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

8 From there, it limits shall advance into Hamath, as far as the limits of Zedad.

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.

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

10 From there, its limits shall be measured, facing the east side, from the village of Enan as far as Shepham.

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

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,

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

15 that is, two and a half tribes, have received their portion across the Jordan, opposite Jericho, toward the eastern side.”

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

16 And the Lord said to Moses:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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 shall divide the land to you for an inheritance; Eleazar the priest and Joshua the [son] of Naue.

18 and one leader from each tribe,

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

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 Juda Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

20 from the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;

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

21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;

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

22 from the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli;

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

23 of the sons of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod;

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

24 from the tribe of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;

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

25 from the tribe of Zebulon, Elizaphan the son of Parnach;

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

26 from the tribe of Issachar, Paltiel the leader, the son of Azzan;

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

27 from the tribe of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;

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

28 from the tribe of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

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

29 These are the ones that the Lord has ordered to divide the land of Canaan to the sons of Israel.

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