Numbers 34 · Clearspring

The Boundaries of Canaan

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,+ ²“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:+ ³Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,+ ⁴cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,+ ⁵where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.+ ⁶Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.+ ⁷Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,+ ⁸and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,+ ⁹continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.+ ¹⁰And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,+ ¹¹then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.+ ¹²Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”+ ¹³So Moses commanded the Israelites, “ Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.+ ¹⁴For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.+ ¹⁵These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”+

Leaders to Divide the Land

¹⁶Then the LORD said to Moses, ¹⁷“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.+ ¹⁸Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.+ ¹⁹These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;+ ²⁰Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;+ ²¹Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;+ ²²Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;+ ²³Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; ²⁴Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim; ²⁵Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun; ²⁶Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar; ²⁷Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher; ²⁸and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.” ²⁹These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.+

The Boundaries of Canaan

Leaders to Divide the Land

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