Numbers 34
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 “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:
“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
3 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.
Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
4 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.
cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
5 From Azmon it will extend [west] to the dry riverbed [at the border] of Egypt and then to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
6 The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.
Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
7 The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend [east] to Hor Mountain.
Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
8 From there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then to Zedad.
and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
9 From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan.
continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
10 The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend [south] to Shepham.
And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
11 From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
12 Then the border will extend south along the Jordan [River] and end at the Dead Sea. Those will be the borders around your country.”
Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
13 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.
So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
14 The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received the land in which they will live.
For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
15 They have received land on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.”
These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 “These are the men who will divide the land: First, Eleazar and Joshua.
“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
18 But one leader [from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land].
Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
19 “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.”
These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;
Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;
Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;
Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;
and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”
29 Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people.
These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
