Numbers 34

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

The Lord told Moses,

2 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.

“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:

3 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:

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,

4 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;

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 Then shall ye draw for yourselves a line, for an east boundary, —from Hazar-enan towards Shepham;

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

11 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:

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.

12 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.

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

13 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.

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.

14 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:

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

15 the two tribes, and the half tribe, have received their inheritance—on this side Jordan near Jericho, eastwards, towards sunrise.

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

16 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

The Lord told Moses,

17 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.

“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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 And, for the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a prince, —Pedahel, son of Ammihud.

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

29 These, are they whom Yahweh hath commanded to receive for the sons of Israel their inheritance, in the land of Canaan.

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