Numbers 34
1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
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.
“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 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:
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 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;
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 then shall the boundary turn round from Azmon towards the ravine of Egypt, —and the extension thereof shall be towards the sea.
From Azmon it will extend [west] to the dry riverbed [at the border] of Egypt and then to 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.
The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.
7 And, this, shall serve you as a north boundary, —From the great sea, ye shall draw a line for you to Mount Hor:
The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend [east] to Hor Mountain.
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 there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then 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.
From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan.
10 Then shall ye draw for yourselves a line, for an east boundary, —from Hazar-enan towards Shepham;
The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend [south] 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:
From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
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 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 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.
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 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, 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 tribe, have received their inheritance—on this side Jordan near Jericho, eastwards, towards sunrise.
They have received land on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.”
16 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
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 men who will divide the land: First, Eleazar and Joshua.
18 Also, one prince from each tribe, shall ye take to receive the land, as an inheritance.
But one leader [from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land].
19 These, therefore, are the names of the men, —For 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, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud:
21 For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon;
22 And, for the tribe of the sons of Dan, a prince—Bukki, son of Jogli:
23 For the sons of Joseph, For the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a prince, —Hanniel son of Ephod;
24 And, for the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a prince, —Kemuel, son of Shiphtan;
25 And, for the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a prince, —Elizaphan, son of Parnach;
26 And, for the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a prince, —Paltiel son of Azzan;
27 And, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, a prince, —Ahihud son of Shelomi:
28 And, for the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a prince, —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.
Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people.
