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Chapter 34

The Boundaries. The Lord spoke to Moses: Give the Israelites this order: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the territory that shall fall to you as your heritage—the land of Canaan with its boundaries:

Your southern boundary will be at the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom;(A) on the east your southern boundary will begin at the end of the Salt Sea. Then your boundary will turn south of the Akrabbim Pass and cross Zin. Terminating south of Kadesh-barnea, it extends to Hazar-addar and crosses to Azmon.(B) Then the boundary will turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt and terminate at the Sea.(C)

For your western boundary you will have the Great Sea[a] with its coast; this will be your western boundary.

This will be your boundary on the north: from the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor,[b] and draw it from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, with the boundary terminating at Zedad. Then the boundary extends to Ziphron and terminates at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.

10 For your eastern boundary you will draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 From Shepham the boundary will go down to Riblah, east of Ain, and descending further, the boundary will strike the ridge on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth;[c] 12 then the boundary will descend along the Jordan and terminate with the Salt Sea.

This will be your land, with the boundaries that surround it.

13 Moses also gave this order to the Israelites: “This is the land, to be apportioned among you by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes. 14 For the tribe of the Reubenites according to their ancestral houses, and the tribe of the Gadites according to their ancestral houses, as well as half of the tribe of Manasseh, have already received their heritage; 15 these two and a half tribes have received their heritage across the Jordan opposite Jericho, in the east, toward the sunrise.”

Supervisors of the Allotment. 16 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17 These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land among you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, son of Nun; 18 (D)and you will designate one leader from each of the tribes to apportion the land. 19 These are the names of the men:

from the tribe of Judah: Caleb, son of Jephunneh,

20 from the tribe of the Simeonites: Samuel, son of Ammihud;

21 from the tribe of Benjamin: Elidad, son of Chislon;

22 from the tribe of the Danites: a leader, Bukki, son of Jogli;

23 for the descendants of Joseph: from the tribe of the Manassites: a leader, Hanniel, son of Ephod; and

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 from the tribe of the Naphtalites: a leader, Pedahel, son of Ammihud.

29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to apportion to the Israelites their heritage in the land of Canaan.

Footnotes

  1. 34:6 The Great Sea: the Mediterranean.
  2. 34:7–8 Mount Hor: different from the one where Aaron died; cf. 20:22; 33:37–38.
  3. 34:11 Sea of Chinnereth: in the New Testament known as the Sea of Galilee; today called Lake Kinneret.

34 Zoti i foli akoma Moisiut, duke i thënë:

"Urdhëro bijtë e Izraelit dhe u thuaj atyre: Kur do të hyni në vendin e Kanaanit, ky është vendi që ju takon si trashëgimi, vendi i Kanaanit me këta kufij të veçantë:

Kufiri juaj jugor do të fillojë në shkretëtirën e Tsinit, gjatë kufirit të Edomit; kështu kufiri juaj do të shtrihet nga skaji i Detit të Kripur në drejtim të lindjes;

kufiri juaj do të shkojë pastaj nga e përpjeta e Akrabimit, do të kalojë nëpër Tsin dhe do të shtrihet në jug të Kadesh-Barneas; do të vazhdojë pastaj në drejtim të Hatsar-Adarit dhe do të kalojë nëpër Atsmoni.

Nga Atsmoni kufiri do të kthejë deri në përroin e Egjiptit dhe do të përfundojë në det.

Kufiri juaj në perëndim do të jetë Deti i Madh; ky do të jetë kufiri juaj perëndimor.

Ky do të jetë kufiri juaj verior: duke u nisur nga Deti i Madh do të caktoni kufirin tuaj deri në malin Hor;

nga mali Hor do të caktoni kufirin tuaj deri në hyrje të Hamathit, dhe skaji i kufirit do të jetë në Tsedad;

kufiri do të vazhdojë pastaj deri në Zifron dhe do të mbarojë në Hatsar-Enan; ky do të jetë kufiri juaj verior.

10 Do ta vijëzoni kufirin tuaj lindor nga Hatsar-Enani deri në Shefam;

11 kufiri do të zbresë nga Shefami në drejtim të Riblahut, në lindje të Ainit; pastaj kufiri do të zbresë dhe do të shtrihet deri sa të arrijë bregun lindor të detit të Kinerethit;

12 pastaj kufiri do të zbresë në drejtim të Jordanit, për të arritur deri në Detin e Kripur. Ky do të jetë vendi juaj me kufijtë e tij rreth e qark".

13 Kështu Moisiu u njoftoi këtë urdhër bijve të Izraelit dhe u tha atyre: Ky është vendi që do të merrni si trashëgimi duke hedhur short, dhe që Zotii ka urdhëruar t’u jepet nëntë fiseve e gjysmë,

14 sepse fisi i bijve të Rubenit, në bazë të shtëpive të etërve të tyre, dhe fisi i bijve të Gadit, në bazë të shtëpive të etërve të tyre, dhe gjysma e fisit të Manasit e kanë marrë trashëgiminë e tyre.

15 Këto dy fise e gjysmë e kanë marrë trashëgiminë e tyre në lindje të Jordanit, mbi bregun përballë Jerikos, në drejtim të lindjes".

16 Zoti i foli akoma Moisiut, duke i thënë:

17 "Këta janë emrat e burrave që do të kryejnë ndarjen e vendit midis jush: prifti Eleazar dhe Jozueu, bir i Nunit.

18 Do të merrni edhe një prijës nga çdo fis, për të bërë ndarjen e vendit.

19 Këta janë emrat e burrave: Kalebi, bir i Jefunehut, nga fisi i Judës;

20 Shemueli, bir i Amihudit, nga fisi i bijve të Simeonit;

21 Elidadi, bir i Kislonit, nga fisi i Beniaminit;

22 prijësi Buki, bir i Joglit, nga fisi i bijve të Danit;

23 prijësi Haniel, bir i Efodit, për bijtë e Jozefit, nga fisi i bijve të Manasit;

24 prijësi Kemuel, bir i Shiftanit, për fisin e bijve të Efraimit;

25 prijësi Elitsafan, bir i Parnakut, për fisin e bijve të Zabulonit;

26 prijësi Paltiel, bir i Azanit, për fisin e bijve të Isakarit;

27 prijësi Ahihud, bir i Shelomit, për fisin e bijve të Asherit;

28 dhe prijësi Pedahel, bir i Amihudit, për fisin e bijve të Neftalit".

29 Këta janë burrat të cilët Zoti i urdhëroi t’u jepnin trashëgiminë bijve të Izraelit në vendin e Kananit.

The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan

34 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into (A)the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan to its boundaries. (B)Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of (C)the Salt Sea; your border shall turn from the southern side of (D)the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of (E)Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to (F)Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon; the border shall turn from Azmon (G)to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

‘As for the (H)western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.

‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to (I)Mount Hor; from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border (J)to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward (K)Zedad; the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at (L)Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 ‘You shall mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham; 11 the border shall go down from Shepham (M)to Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern [a]side of the Sea (N)of Chinnereth; 12 the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at (O)the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”

13 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: (P)“This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe. 14 (Q)For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and the half-tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance. 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, across from Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: (R)Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And you shall take one (S)leader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 20 from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon; 22 a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli; 23 from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod, 24 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; 25 a leader from the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; 26 a leader from the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan; 27 a leader from the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; 28 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

29 These are the ones the Lord commanded to [b]divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 34:11 Lit. shoulder
  2. Numbers 34:29 apportion

Boundaries of Canaan

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan,(A) the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance(B) is to have these boundaries:(C)

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin(D) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,(E) cross south of Scorpion Pass,(F) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(G) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(H) where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(I) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(J) This will be your boundary on the west.(K)

“‘For your northern boundary,(L) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(M) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(N) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

10 “‘For your eastern boundary,(O) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah(P) on the east side of Ain(Q) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[a](R) 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

13 Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot(S) as an inheritance.(T) The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes, 14 because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.(U) 15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua(V) son of Nun. 18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help(W) assign the land.(X) 19 These are their names:(Y)

Caleb(Z) son of Jephunneh,

from the tribe of Judah;(AA)

20 Shemuel son of Ammihud,

from the tribe of Simeon;(AB)

21 Elidad son of Kislon,

from the tribe of Benjamin;(AC)

22 Bukki son of Jogli,

the leader from the tribe of Dan;

23 Hanniel son of Ephod,

the leader from the tribe of Manasseh(AD) son of Joseph;

24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan,

the leader from the tribe of Ephraim(AE) son of Joseph;

25 Elizaphan son of Parnak,

the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;(AF)

26 Paltiel son of Azzan,

the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

27 Ahihud son of Shelomi,

the leader from the tribe of Asher;(AG)

28 Pedahel son of Ammihud,

the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

29 These are the men the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.(AH)

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 34:11 Hebrew Kinnereth

34 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:

11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

29 These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.