The Boundaries of Canaan
Numbers 34, verse 1. Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Numbers 34, verse 2. “Command the children of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall come into the land of Canaan, and it shall be your inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders. Numbers 34, verse 3. ‘Your southern border shall be from the Desert of Sin to the border of Edom; so your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea; Numbers 34, verse 4. and your borders shall go around from the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Sin, and be on the south of Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon; Numbers 34, verse 5. and the border shall go around from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be the sea. Numbers 34, verse 6. ‘As for the western borders, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border. Numbers 34, verse 7. ‘Now this shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall measure your border along the mountain range; Numbers 34, verse 8. and from the mountain range you shall measure your border to Hamath; and its termination shall be the borders of Zedad; Numbers 34, verse 9. and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border. Numbers 34, verse 10. ‘You shall measure your eastern borders from Hazar Enan to Shepham; Numbers 34, verse 11. and the borders shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the borders shall go down to Bela behind the Sea of Chinnereth from the east; Numbers 34, verse 12. and the borders shall go down along the Jordan, and its termination shall be the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding borders.’” Numbers 34, verse 13. Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land you shall inherit by lot, in the manner the Lord ordered Moses to give it to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe of Manasseh. Numbers 34, verse 14. For the tribe of the sons of Reuben and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to the houses of their fathers and the half-tribe of Manasseh received their allotments. Numbers 34, verse 15. The two tribes and the half-tribe received their allotments beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho from the south towards the east.”
The Leaders Divide the Land
Numbers 34, verse 16. Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Numbers 34, verse 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. Numbers 34, verse 18. You shall take rulers, one from every tribe, to divide the land for the inheritance. Numbers 34, verse 19. Now these are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Numbers 34, verse 20. from the tribe of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; Numbers 34, verse 21. from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon; Numbers 34, verse 22. from the tribe of Dan a ruler, Bukki the son of Jogli; Numbers 34, verse 23. from the sons of Joseph's tribe: a ruler from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod, Numbers 34, verse 24. a ruler from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; Numbers 34, verse 25. a ruler from the tribe of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; Numbers 34, verse 26. a ruler from the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan; Numbers 34, verse 27. a ruler from the tribe of the sons of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; Numbers 34, verse 28. a ruler from the tribe of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” Numbers 34, verse 29. These are the ones the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.