Numbers 34

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

Yahweh said to Moses/me,

2 “Command the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you are coming into the land of Canaan—this [is] the land which falls to you by inheritance, the land of Canaan, by its borders—

“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 then the south quarter has been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, indeed, the south border has been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea eastward;

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 and the border has turned around to you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and has passed on to Zin, and its outgoings have been from the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and it has gone out at Hazar-Addar, and has passed 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 and the border has turned around from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.

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

6 As for the west border, even the Great Sea has been a border to you; this is the west border to you.

The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.

7 And this is the north border to you: from the Great Sea you mark out for yourselves Mount Hor;

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

8 from Mount Hor you mark out to go to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad;

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

9 and the border has gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is the north border to you.

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

10 And you have marked out for yourselves for the border eastward, from Hazar-Enan to Shepham;

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

11 and the border has gone down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain, and the border has gone down, and has struck against the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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

12 and the border has gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is the land for you by its borders all around.”

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 And Moses commands the sons of Israel, saying, “This [is] the land which you inherit by lot, which YHWH has commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe;

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 for the tribe of the sons of Reuben, by the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers, have received [their inheritance]; and [those of] the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;

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

15 the two tribes and the half of the tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, [near] Jericho, eastward, at the [sun]-rising.”

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

16 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

17 “These [are] the names of the men who give the inheritance of the land to you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

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

18 And one prince—you take one prince from a tribe to give the land by inheritance.

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

19 And these [are] the names of the men: of 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 and of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Aminihud;

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

22 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki son of Jogli;

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

24 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, Kemuel son of Shiphtan;

25 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Elizaphan son of Parnach;

26 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Paltiel son of Azzan;

27 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Ahihud son of Shelomi;

28 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Pedahel son of Ammihud.”

29 These [are] those whom YHWH has commanded to give the sons of Israel inheritance in the land of Canaan.

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