Numbers 34:1-13

New King James Version

The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan

34 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “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. ^3 (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; ⁴ 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; ⁵ the border shall turn from Azmon ^(G)to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

⁶ ‘As for the ^(H)western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.

⁷ ‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to ^(I)Mount Hor; ⁸ 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; ⁹ 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.