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:
Command the children of Israel, and then shalt say to them: When you are entered into the land of Chanaan, and it shall be fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bounded by these limits:
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.
The south side shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is by Edom: and shall have the most salt sea for its furthest limits 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.
Which limits shall go round on the south side by the ascent of the Scorpion and so into Senna, and reach toward the south as far as Cadesbarne, from whence the frontiers shall go out to the town called Adar, and shall reach as far as 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 limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.
6 The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.
And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the same shall be the end thereof.
7 The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend [east] to Hor Mountain.
But toward the north side the borders shall begin from the great sea, reaching to the most high mountain,
8 From there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then to Zedad.
From which they shall come to Emath, as far as the borders of Sedada:
9 From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan.
And the limits shall go as far as Zephrona, and the village of Enan. These shall be the borders on the north side.
10 The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend [south] to Shepham.
From thence they shall mark out the bounds towards the east side from the village of Enan unto Sephama.
11 From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
And from Sephama the bounds shall go down to Rebla over against the fountain of Daphnis: from thence they shall come eastward to the sea of Cenereth,
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 shall reach as far as the Jordan, and at the last shall be closed in by the most salt sea. This shall be your land with 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 commanded the children of Israel, saying: This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.
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 by their families, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the number of their kindreds, and half of the tribe of Manasses,
15 They have received land on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.”
That is, two tribes and a half, have received their portion beyond the Jordan over against Jericho at the east side.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
And 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, that shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun,
18 But one leader [from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land].
And one prince of every tribe,
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.”
Whose names are these: Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammiud.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chaselon.
Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the son of Jogli.
Of the children of Joseph of the tribe of Manasses, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the son of Sephtan.
Of the tribe of Zabulon, Elisaphan the son of Pharnach.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Phaltiel the prince, the son of Ozan.
Of the tribe of Aser, Ahiud the son of Salomi.
Of the tribe of Nephtali: Phedael the son of Ammiud.
29 Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people.
These are they whom the Lord hath commanded to divide the land of Chanaan to the children of Israel.
