Numbers 34

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

The Lord told 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 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 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.

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 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.

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 its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your eastern border will run straight 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,

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 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.”

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 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.

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 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,

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

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

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

16 And the Lord said to Moses:

The Lord told 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 will be in charge of allocating ownership of the land for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, son of Nun.

18 and one leader from each tribe,

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

19 whose names are these: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A leader from the tribe of Naphtali: Pedahel, 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 the names of those the Lord put in charge of allocating land ownership in the country of Canaan.