Numbers 34

The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan

34Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into ^athe land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan to its boundaries. ^3bYour southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of ^cthe Salt Sea; ⁴your border shall turn from the southern side of ^dthe Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of ^eKadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to ^fHazar Addar, and continue to Azmon; ⁵the border shall turn from Azmon ^gto the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

⁶‘As for the ^hwestern border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.

⁷‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to ⁱMount Hor; ⁸from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border ^jto the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward ^kZedad; ⁹the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at ^lHazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

¹⁰‘You shall mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham; ¹¹the border shall go down from Shepham ^mto Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern ¹side of the Sea ⁿof Chinnereth; ¹²the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at ^othe Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”

¹³Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: ^p“This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe. ^14qFor the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and the half-tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance. ¹⁵The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, across from Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land

¹⁶And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁷“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: ^rEleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. ¹⁸And you shall take one ^sleader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance. ¹⁹These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; ²⁰from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; ²¹from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon; ²²a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli; ²³from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod, ²⁴and a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; ²⁵a leader from the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; ²⁶a leader from the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan; ²⁷a leader from the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; ²⁸and a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

²⁹These are the ones the Lord commanded to ²divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.