Numbers 34

Revised Geneva Translation

34 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

² “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to your inheritance: the land of Canaan with its coasts.

³ ‘And your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin to the borders of Edom. So that your south quarter shall be from the Salt Sea coast, eastward.

⁴ ‘And the border shall surround you from the south to Maaleh Akrabbim, and reach to Zin, and go out from the south to Kadesh Barnea. From there it shall stretch to Hazar Addar and go along to Azmon.

⁵ ‘And the border shall run from Azmon to the river of Egypt and shall go out to the sea.

⁶ ‘And your west quarter shall be the Great Sea. That border shall be your west coast.

⁷ ‘And this shall be your north quarter: you shall mark out your border from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

⁸ ‘From Mount Hor you shall mark out till it comes to Hamath. And the end of the coast shall be at Zedad.

⁹ ‘And the coast shall reach out to Ziphron and go out at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north quarter.

¹⁰ ‘And you shall mark out your east quarter from Hazar Enan to Shepham.

¹¹ ‘And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, and from the east side of Ain. And the same border shall descend and go out at the side of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward.

¹² ‘Also, that border shall go down to Jordan and leave at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land, with its surrounding coasts.’”

¹³ Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD Commanded to give to nine tribes and the half-tribe.

¹⁴ “For the tribe of the children of Reuben (according to the households of their fathers) and the tribe of the children of Gad (according to their fathers’ households) and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

¹⁵ “Two tribes and a half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of Jordan, toward Jericho, full east.”

¹⁶ Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁷ “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land for you: Eleazar the Priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

¹⁸ “And you shall also take a Prince from every tribe, to divide the land.

¹⁹ “Also, the names of the men are these: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

²⁰ “and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud;

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

²² “from the tribe of the sons of Dan, the Prince Bukki (the son of Jogli);

²³ “from the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the Prince Hanniel (the son of Ephod);

²⁴ “from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the Prince Kemuel (the son of Shiphtan);

²⁵ “from the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, the Prince Elizaphan (the son of Parnach);

²⁶ “from the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the Prince Paltiel (the son of Azzan);

²⁷ “from the tribe of the sons of Asher, the Prince Ahihud (the son of Shelomi);

²⁸ “and from the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the Prince Pedahel (the son of Ammihud).”

²⁹ These are those whom the LORD Commanded to divide the inheritance for the children of Israel, in the land of Canaan.