Numbers 34

1 The Lord told Moses,

Yahweh said to Moses/me,

2 “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:

“Tell this to the Israeli people: You will soon enter Canaan land, and it will become yours. These will be the borders of the land:

3 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,

On the south you will receive part of the Zin Desert, near the border of the Edom [region]. On the east side, the border will start at the south end of the Dead Sea.

4 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.

It will extend to a little south of the Scorpion Pass, and extend [west] through [the] Zin [Desert] and south of Kadesh-Barnea. From there it will extend to Hazar Addar and from there to Azmon.

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

From Azmon it will extend [west] to the dry riverbed [at the border] of Egypt and then to the [Mediterranean] Sea.

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

The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.

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

The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend [east] to Hor Mountain.

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

From there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then to Zedad.

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

From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan.

10 Your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham

The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend [south] to Shepham.

11 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.

From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.

12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan, ending at the Dead Sea. This is to be your land with its surrounding borders.’”

Then the border will extend south along the Jordan [River] and end at the Dead Sea. Those will be the borders around your country.”

13 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.

So Moses/I [told all that] to the Israeli people. Then he/I said to them, “That is the land that you will receive. You must throw (lots/stones that have been marked) to decide which area will go to each of the nine and a half tribes, because Yahweh has commanded that it should be divided among them.

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

The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received the land in which they will live.

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

They have received land on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.”

16 The Lord told Moses,

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

17 “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.

“These are the men who will divide the land: First, Eleazar and Joshua.

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

But one leader [from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land].

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

“From the tribe of Judah, appoint Jephunneh’s son Caleb. From the tribe of Simeon appoint Ammihud’s son Shemuel. From the tribe of Benjamin appoint Kislon’s son Elidad. From the tribe of Dan appoint Jogli’s son Bukki. From the tribe of Manasseh appoint Ephod’s son Hanniel. From the tribe of Ephraim appoint Shiphtan’s son Kemuel. From the tribe of Zebulun appoint Parnach’s son Elizaphan. From the tribe of Issachar appoint Azzan’s son Paltiel. From the tribe of Asher appoint Shelomi’s son Ahihud. From the tribe of Naphtali appoint Ammihud’s son Pedahel.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29 These are the names of those the Lord put in charge of allocating land ownership in the country of Canaan.

Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people.