¹³Thus 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. ¹⁴You 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). ¹⁷Thus 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.

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Footnotes

5Heb. Negev
6Lit. Strife

Cross references

i Num. 34:1–29
j Gen. 48:5; 1 Chr. 5:1; Ezek. 48:4, 5
k Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 15:7; 17:8; 26:3; 28:13; Deut. 1:8; Ezek. 20:5, 6, 28, 42
l Ezek. 48:29
m Ezek. 48:1
n Num. 34:7, 8
o Num. 34:8
p 2 Sam. 8:8
q Num. 34:9; Ezek. 48:1
r Num. 20:13; Deut. 32:51; Ps. 81:7; Ezek. 48:28