Numbers 33:54-34:12

English Standard Version

^54 (A)You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. ^(B)To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. ⁵⁵ But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as ^(C)barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell. ⁵⁶ And I will do to you ^(D)as I thought to do to them.”

Boundaries of the Land

34 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter ^(E)the land of Canaan ^(F)(this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders), ^3 (G)your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of ^(H)the Salt Sea on the east. ⁴ And your border shall turn south of ^(I)the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to ^(J)Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon. ⁵ And the border shall turn ^(K)from Azmon to ^(L)the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.

⁶ “For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its^[a] coast. This shall be your western border.

⁷ “This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to ^(M)Mount Hor. ⁸ From Mount Hor you shall draw a line ^(N)to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at ^(O)Zedad. ⁹ Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at ^(P)Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

¹⁰ “You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. ¹¹ And the border shall go down from Shepham to ^(Q)Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of ^(R)the Sea of Chinnereth on the east. ¹² And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at ^(S)the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.”