Numbers 34
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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:
Charge the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its 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.
And your southern side shall be from the wilderness of Sin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of the salt sea eastward.
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.
And your border shall go round you from the south to the ascent of Acrabin, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the going forth of it shall be southward to Cades Barne, and it shall go forth to the village of Arad, and shall proceed by Asemona.
5 From Azmon it will extend [west] to the dry riverbed [at the border] of Egypt and then to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
And the border shall compass from Asemona to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the termination.
6 The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.
And ye shall have your border on the west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on the west.
7 The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend [east] to Hor Mountain.
And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea ye shall measure to yourselves, by the side of the mountain.
8 From there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then to Zedad.
And ye shall measure to yourselves the mountain from mount [Hor] at the entering in to Emath, and the termination of it shall be the coasts of Saradac.
9 From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan.
And the border shall go out to Dephrona, and its termination shall be at Arsenain; this shall be your border from the north.
10 The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend [south] to Shepham.
And ye shall measure to yourselves the eastern border from Arsenain to Sepphamar.
11 From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
And the border shall go down from Sepphamar to Bela eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from Bela behind the sea Chenereth eastward.
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.”
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and its borders round about.
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.
And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the land which ye shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasse.
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 tribe of the children of Ruben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have received [their inheritance] according to their families; and the half-tribe of Manasse have received their inheritances.
15 They have received land on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.”
Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond Jordan by Jericho from the south eastwards.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17 “These are the men who will divide the land: First, Eleazar and Joshua.
These [are] the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for an inheritance; Eleazar the priest and Joshua the [son] of Naue.
18 But one leader [from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land].
And ye shall take one ruler from [each] tribe to divide the land to you by lot.
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.”
And these [are] the names of the men; of the tribe of Juda Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
Of the tribe of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Semiud.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Eldad the son of Chaslon.
Of the tribe of Dan the prince [was] Bacchir the son of Egli.
Of the sons of Joseph of the tribe of the sons of Manasse, the prince was Aniel the son of Suphi.
Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince was Camuel the son of Sabathan.
Of the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Elisaphan the son of Pharnac.
Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Phaltiel the son of Oza.
Of the tribe of the children of Aser, the prince was Achior the son of Selemi.
Of the tribe of Nephthali, the prince was Phadael the son of Jamiud.
29 Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people.
These did the Lord command to distribute [the inheritances] to the children of Israel in the land of Chanaan.
