Liber Numeri 34
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Præcipe filiis Israel, et dices ad eos: Cum ingressi fueritis Terram Chanaan, et in possessionem vobis sorte ceciderit, his finibus terminabitur.
“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 Pars meridiana incipiet a solitudine Sin, quæ est iuxta Edom: et habebit terminos contra Orientem mare salsissimum.
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 qui circuibunt australem plagam per ascensum Scorpionis, ita ut transeant in Senna, et perveniant a meridie usque ad Cadesbarne, unde egredientur confinia ad villam nomine Adar, et tendent usque ad Asemona.
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 ibitque per gyrum terminus ab Asemona usque ad Torrentem Ægypti, et maris magni littore finietur.
From Azmon it will extend [west] to the dry riverbed [at the border] of Egypt and then to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
6 Plaga autem occidentalis a mari magno incipiet, et ipso fine claudetur.
The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea.
7 Porro ad septentrionalem plagam a mari magno termini incipient, pervenientes usque ad montem altissimum,
The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend [east] to Hor Mountain.
8 a quo venient in Emath usque ad terminos Sedada:
From there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then to Zedad.
9 ibuntque confinia usque ad Zephrona, et villam Enan. hi erunt termini in parte Aquilonis.
From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan.
10 Inde metabuntur fines contra orientalem plagam de villa Enan usque Sephama,
The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend [south] to Shepham.
11 et de Sephama descendent termini in Rebla contra fontem Daphnim: inde pervenient contra Orientem ad mare Cenereth,
From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake.
12 et tendent usque ad Iordanem, et ad ultimum salsissimo claudentur mari. Hanc habebitis Terram per fines suos in circuitu.
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 Præcepitque Moyses filiis Israel, dicens: Hæc erit Terra, quam possidebitis sorte, et quam iussit Dominus dari novem tribubus, et dimidiæ tribui.
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 Tribus enim filiorum Ruben per familias suas, et tribus filiorum Gad iuxta cognationum numerum, media quoque tribus Manasse,
The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received the land in which they will live.
15 id est, duæ semis tribus, acceperunt partem suam trans Iordanem contra Iericho ad orientalem plagam.
They have received land on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.”
16 Et ait Dominus ad Moysen:
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
17 Hæc sunt nomina virorum, qui Terram vobis divident, Eleazar sacerdos, et Iosue filius Nun,
“These are the men who will divide the land: First, Eleazar and Joshua.
18 et singuli principes de tribubus singulis,
But one leader [from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land].
19 quorum ista sunt vocabula: De tribu Iuda, Caleb filius Iephone.
“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 De tribu Simeon, Samuel filius Ammiud.
21 De tribu Beniamin, Elidad filius Chaselon.
22 De tribu filiorum Dan, Bocci filius Iogli.
23 Filiorum Ioseph de tribu Manasse, Hanniel filius Ephod.
24 De tribu Ephraim, Camuel filius Sephthan.
25 De tribu Zabulon, Elisaphan filius Pharnach.
26 De tribu Issachar, dux Phaltiel filius Ozan.
27 De tribu Aser, Ahiud filius Salomi.
28 De tribu Nephthali, Phedael filius Ammiud.
29 Hi sunt, quibus præcepit Dominus ut dividerent filiis Israel Terram Chanaan.
Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people.
