Numbers 34

Boundaries of the Promised Land

34The Lord spoke 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 ^jwith these borders:

³Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea. ⁴Your border will turn south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, ^kproceed to Zin, and end south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon. ^l5The border will turn from Azmon ^mto the Brook of Egypt, ⁿwhere it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.

⁶Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.

⁷This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea draw a line to Mount Hor; ^op8from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath, ^qrand the border will reach Zedad. ^s9Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. ^tThis will be your northern border.

¹⁰For your eastern border, draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham. ¹¹The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah east of Ain. ^uIt will continue down and reach the eastern slope of the Sea of Chinnereth. ^vw12Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.”

¹³So Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes. ¹⁴For the tribe of the Reubenites and the tribe of the Gadites have received their inheritance according to their ancestral houses, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance. ¹⁵The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance ^xacross the Jordan from Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise.”

Leaders for Distributing the Land

¹⁶The Lord spoke to Moses, ¹⁷“These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. ¹⁸Take one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. ¹⁹These are the names of the men:

Caleb ^yson 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;

²³from the sons of Joseph:

Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh,

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;

²⁸Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

²⁹These are the ones the Lord commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.