¹³Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “This is the boundary by which you shall distribute the land for the twelve^b tribes of Israel: Two shares shall be for Joseph. ¹⁴And you must take possession of it, each one a share like his brother, of this land which I swore^c to give it to your fathers, and so this land shall fall to you as an inheritance. ¹⁵And^d this is the boundary of the land: On the north side,^e from the great sea by the way of Hethlon until you come to Zedad,^f ¹⁶Hamath^g to Berothath to Sibraim, which is^h between the boundary of Damascus and the boundary of Hamath, on to Hazer Hatticon, which is on the boundary of Hauran. ¹⁷And so the boundary will be from the seaⁱ to Hazar Enan at the boundary of Damascus northwards and the boundary of Hamath to the north, and this is the boundary on the side of the north. ¹⁸And the eastern boundary^j will be between Hauran and Damascus, and from between Gilead and the land of Israel along the Jordan River from^k the boundary on the eastern sea to Tamar. And^l this is the border on the east.^m ¹⁹And on the south side the borderⁿ will run from Tamar up to the waters of Meribot Kadesh and along the wadi^o to the Great Sea.^p And this is the boundary to the south.^q ²⁰And on the west side^r the Great Sea^s shall be the boundary up to opposite Lebo-Hamath. This is the western boundary.^t

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Footnotes

bLiterally “two ten”
cLiterally “I raised my hand”
dOr “Bow”
eLiterally “to the side of the north”
fLiterally “to the arriving at Zedad”
gOr “Lebo-Hamath to Zeded” (cf. NRSV, NJPS)
hOr “are”
iThat is, the Mediterranean
jLiterally “and the side of the east”
kOr “to”
lOr “Now”
mLiterally “and this is the side of the east”
nLiterally “and the side of the south to south”
oThat is, the Wadi of Egypt
pThat is, the Mediterranean
qLiterally “and this is the side of south to the south”
rLiterally “and the side of the west”
sThat is, the Mediterranean
tLiterally “this is the side of the west”