The Southern Border of the Land

34 ^[a] Then the Lord spoke to Moses: ² “Give these instructions^[b] to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance,^[c] the land of Canaan with its borders, ³ your southern border^[d] will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, ⁴ and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent,^[e] continue to Zin, and then its direction^[f] will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. ⁵ There the border will turn from Azmon to the Stream of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.^[g]

The Western Border of the Land

⁶ “‘And for a western border^[h] you will have the Great Sea.^[i] This will be your western border.

The Northern Border of the Land

⁷ “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; ⁸ from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath,^[j] and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. ⁹ The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

The Eastern Border of the Land

¹⁰ “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. ¹¹ The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Kinnereth.^{[k] 12} Then the border will continue down the Jordan River^[l] and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”

¹³ Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given^[m] to the nine-and-a-half tribes, ¹⁴ because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families,^[n] the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. ¹⁵ The two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

Appointed Officials

¹⁶ The Lord said to Moses: ¹⁷ “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance:^[o] Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. ¹⁸ You must take one leader from every^[p] tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.^{[q] 19} These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; ²⁰ from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud; ²¹ from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon; ²² and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli. ²³ From the Josephites, Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh; ²⁴ from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; ²⁵ from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach; ²⁶ from the tribe of the Issacharites, a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan; ²⁷ from the tribe of the Asherites, a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi; ²⁸ and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.” ²⁹ These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.