Numbers 34

The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,2 Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritancethe land of Canaan to its boundaries.3 Your 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 the Salt Sea;4 your border shall turn from the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon;5 the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.6 As for the western 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 Mount Hor;8 from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad;9 the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.10 You shall mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;11 the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth;12 the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.13 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: 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.14 For 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.15 The 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

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,17 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.18 And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance.19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;20 from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud;21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;22 a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli;23 from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod,24 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;25 a leader from the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach;26 a leader from the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan;27 a leader from the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;28 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.29 These are the ones the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 34

Boundaries of Canaan

1 The Lord said to Moses,

2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance will have these boundaries:

3 “ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern boundary will start from the end of the Salt Sea,4 cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,

5 where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Sea.

6 “ ‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.
7 “ ‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,

9 continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
10 “ ‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Kinnereth.

12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea.
“ ‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’ ”
13 Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes,14 because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
16 The Lord said to Moses,17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help assign the land.

19 These are their names:

Caleb son of Jephunneh,
from the tribe of Judah;

20 Shemuel son of Ammihud,
from the tribe of Simeon;

21 Elidad son of Kislon,
from the tribe of Benjamin;

22 Bukki son of Jogli,
the leader from the tribe of Dan;

23 Hanniel son of Ephod,
the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;

24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan,
the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;

25 Elizaphan son of Parnach,
the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;

26 Paltiel son of Azzan,
the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

27 Ahihud son of Shelomi,
the leader from the tribe of Asher;

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

29 These are the men the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.