Numbers 34

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And Yahweh spake 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 sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, When, ye, are coming into the land of Canaan, this is the land which shall fall unto you, as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan, by the boundaries 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.

Ye shall therefore have a south corner, from the desert of Zin, on the side of Edom, —so shall ye have a south boundary, from 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 the boundary shall go round for you from the south towards the cliffs of Akrabbim, then cross over towards Zin, and the extension thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, then shall it reach out to Hazar-addar, and cross over towards 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.

then shall the boundary turn round from Azmon towards the ravine of Egypt, —and the extension thereof shall be towards the sea.

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

And, for a west boundary, —ye shall have the great sea, even a boundary, this, shall serve you as west boundary.

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

And, this, shall serve you as a north boundary, —From the great sea, ye shall draw a line for you to Mount Hor:

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

From Mount Hor, ye shall draw a line to the entering in of Hamath, —and the extension of the boundary shall be towards 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.

then shall the boundary reach out towards Ziphron, and the extension thereof, be to Hazar-enan. This, shall serve you as a north, boundary.

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

Then shall ye draw for yourselves a line, for an east boundary, —from Hazar-enan towards 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 boundary shall go down from Shepham towards Riblah, on the east of Ain—then shall the boundary go down and strike on the side 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.”

then shall the boundary go down towards the Jordan, and the extension thereof be to the salt sea. This shall be your land by the boundaries 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 sons of Israel saying, —This, is the land, which ye shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh had commanded 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 sons of the Reubenites by their ancestral house, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, by their ancestral house, 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—on this side Jordan near Jericho, eastwards, towards sunrise.

16 And the Lord said to Moses:

Then spake Yahweh 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 who shall receive for you the land, as an inheritance, Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, son of Nun.

18 and one leader from each tribe,

Also, one prince from each tribe, shall ye take to receive the land, as an inheritance.

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

These, therefore, are the names of the men, —For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

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

And, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud:

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

For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon;

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

And, for the tribe of the sons of Dan, a prince—Bukki, son of Jogli:

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

For the sons of Joseph, For the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a prince, —Hanniel son of Ephod;

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

And, for the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a prince, —Kemuel, son of Shiphtan;

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

And, for the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a prince, —Elizaphan, son of Parnach;

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

And, for the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a prince, —Paltiel son of Azzan;

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

And, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, a prince, —Ahihud son of Shelomi:

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

And, for the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a prince, —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 they whom Yahweh hath commanded to receive for the sons of Israel their inheritance, in the land of Canaan.