The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan
1 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come intothe land of Canaan, thisisthe land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the 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 ofthe Salt Sea;
4 your border shall turn from the southern side ofthe Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south ofKadesh Barnea; then it shall go on toHazar Addar, and continue to Azmon;
5 the border shall turn from Azmonto the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.
6 ‘As for thewestern 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 yourborderline toMount Hor;
8 from Mount Hor you shall mark outyourborderto the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be towardZedad;
9 the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end atHazar 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 toRiblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern side of the Seaof Chinnereth;
12 the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end atthe Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”
13 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying:“Thisisthe land which you shall inherit by lot, which theLordhas 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 receivedtheirinheritance;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,acrossfromJericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”
The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land
16 And theLordspoke to Moses, saying,
17 “Thesearethe 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 oneleader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance.
19 Thesearethe 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 Thesearethe ones theLordcommanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.