Borders of the Land

13 Thus says the Lord God: “These are the iborders by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. jJoseph shall have two portions. 14 You shall inherit it equally with one another; for I kraised My hand in an oath to give it to your fathers, and this land shall lfall to you as your inheritance.

15 “This shall be the border of the land on the north: from the Great Sea, by mthe road to Hethlon, as one goes to nZedad, 16 oHamath, pBerothah, Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), to Hazar Hatticon (which is on the border of Hauran). 17 Thus the boundary shall be from the Sea to qHazar Enan, the border of Damascus; and as for the north, northward, it is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

18 “On the east side you shall mark out the border from between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan, and along the eastern side of the sea. This is the east side.

19 “The south side, toward the 5South, shall be from Tamar to rthe waters of 6Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. This is the south side, toward the South.

20 “The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the southern boundary until one comes to a point opposite Hamath. This is the west side.

21 “Thus you shall sdivide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. 22 It shall be that you will divide it by tlot as an inheritance for yourselves, uand for the strangers who dwell among you and who bear children among you. vThey shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger dwells, there you shall give him his inheritance,” says the Lord God.