Numbers 34

1 The Lord told Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

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:

“Command the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, the land that will belong to you, the land of Canaan and its borders,

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,

your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. The eastern end of the southern border will be on a line that ends at the southern end of the Salt 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.

Your border will turn south from the hill of Akrabbim and pass along through the wilderness of Zin. From there, it will run south of Kadesh Barnea and continue to Hazar Addar and further to Azmon.

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

From there, the border will turn from Azmon toward the brook of Egypt and follow it to the sea.

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

The western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea. This will be your western border.

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

Your northern border will extend along a line that you must mark out from the Great Sea to Mount Hor,

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

then from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath, then on to Zedad.

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

Then the border will continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

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

Then you must mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan 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.

Then the eastern border will go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border will continue along the east side of the Sea of Kinnereth.

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 continue south along the Jordan River to the Salt Sea and continue down the eastern border of the Salt Sea. This will be your land, following its borders all around.'”

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.

Then Moses commanded the people of Israel and said, “This is the land that you will receive by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe.

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

The tribe of the descendants of Reuben, following the assignment of property to their ancestor's tribe, and the tribe of the descendants of Gad, following the assignment of property to their ancestor's tribe, and the half tribe of Manasseh have all received their land.

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

The two tribes and the half tribe have received their share of land beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

16 The Lord told Moses,

Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

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 names of the men who will divide the land for your inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

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

You must choose one leader from every tribe to divide the land for their clans.

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

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

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

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

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

From the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon.

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

From of the tribe of the descendants of Dan a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.

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

From the descendants of Joseph, of the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod.

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

From the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.

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

From the tribe of the descendants of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnak.

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

From the tribe of the descendants of Issachar a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan.

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

From the tribe of the descendants of Asher a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi.

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

From the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali a leader, 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 these men to divide the land of Canaan and to give each of the tribes of Israel their share.