< Numbers 34 >
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
And the LORD spoke unto 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:
'Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.
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.
Thus your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin close by the side of Edom, and your south border shall begin at the end 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 turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along 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 the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the Brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Sea.
6 Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.
And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border.
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 north border: from the Great Sea ye shall mark out your line unto mount Hor;
8 From there, it limits shall advance into Hamath, as far as the limits of Zedad.
from mount Hor ye shall mark out a line unto the entrance to Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall 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 border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your north border.
10 From there, its limits shall be measured, facing the east side, from the village of Enan as far as Shepham.
And ye shall mark out your line for the east border 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,
and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth 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 the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea; this shall be your land according to the borders thereof 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 commanded the children of Israel, saying: 'This is the land wherein ye shall receive inheritance by lot, which the LORD hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to 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 according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance;
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 received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.'
16 And the Lord said to Moses:
And the LORD spoke unto 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 that shall take possession of the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 and one leader from each tribe,
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to take possession 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 prince, 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 prince, 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 prince, 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 prince, Eli-zaphan 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 prince, 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 prince, 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 prince, 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 whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.'