Numbers 34:1-15

New International Reader's Version

Israel Arrives at the Borders of Canaan

34 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Give the Israelites a command. Tell them, ‘You are going to enter Canaan. The land will be given to you as your own. Here are the borders it must have.

³“ ‘Your southern border will include part of the Desert of Zin. It will be along the border of Edom. Your southern border will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea. ⁴It will cross south of Scorpion Pass. It will continue on to Zin. From there it will go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon. ⁵There it will turn and join the Wadi of Egypt. It will come to an end at the Mediterranean Sea.

⁶Your western border will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. That will be your border on the west.

⁷For your northern border, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor. ⁸Continue it from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the border will go to Zedad. ⁹It will continue to Ziphron. It will come to an end at Hazar Enan. That will be your border on the north.

¹⁰For your eastern border, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. ¹¹The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah. Riblah is on the east side of Ain. From there the border will continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. ¹²Then the border will go down along the Jordan River. It will come to an end at the Dead Sea.

“ ‘That will be your land. And those will be its borders on every side.’ ”

¹³Moses gave the Israelites a command. He said, “Cast lots when you divide up the land. Each tribe will have its own share. The Lord has ordered it to be given to the nine and a half tribes. ¹⁴The families of the tribes of Reuben and Gad have already received their shares. The families of half of the tribe of Manasseh have also received their share. ¹⁵Those two and a half tribes have received their shares east of the Jordan River. It flows near Jericho. Their land is toward the sunrise.”

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