Instruction for Apportioning Canaan

34 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter (A)the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, that is, the land of Canaan according to its borders. (B)Your southern region shall [a]extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall [b]extend from the end of the Salt Sea (C)eastward. Then your border shall change direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and [c]continue to Zin, and its [d]termination shall be to the south of (D)Kadesh-barnea; and it shall [e]reach Hazaraddar and [f]continue to Azmon. Then the border shall change direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at (E)the sea.

‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its [g]coastline; this shall be your western border.

(F)And this shall be your northern border: you shall draw your boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. You shall draw a boundary from Mount Hor to (G)the [h]Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad; and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 ‘For your eastern border you shall also draw a boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11 and the border shall go down from Shepham to (H)Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of (I)Chinnereth. 12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders on all sides.’”

13 So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “(J)This is the land that you are to possess by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes. 14 (K)For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers’ households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers’ households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession. 15 The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise.”

16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 (L)These are the names of the men who shall assign the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And you shall take one leader of each tribe to assign the land as an inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men: of the tribe of (M)Judah, (N)Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 Of the tribe of the sons of (O)Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of (P)Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And of the tribe of the sons of Dan, a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 Of the tribe of the sons of Asher, a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” 29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 34:3 Lit be
  2. Numbers 34:3 Lit be
  3. Numbers 34:4 Lit pass along
  4. Numbers 34:4 Lit exits, and so throughout the ch
  5. Numbers 34:4 Lit go forth to
  6. Numbers 34:4 Lit pass along
  7. Numbers 34:6 Lit border
  8. Numbers 34:8 Or entrance of Hamath

Boundaries of Canaan

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan,(A) the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance(B) is to have these boundaries:(C)

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin(D) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,(E) cross south of Scorpion Pass,(F) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(G) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(H) where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(I) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(J) This will be your boundary on the west.(K)

“‘For your northern boundary,(L) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(M) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(N) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

10 “‘For your eastern boundary,(O) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah(P) on the east side of Ain(Q) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[a](R) 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

13 Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot(S) as an inheritance.(T) 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.(U) 15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from 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(V) son of Nun. 18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help(W) assign the land.(X) 19 These are their names:(Y)

Caleb(Z) son of Jephunneh,

from the tribe of Judah;(AA)

20 Shemuel son of Ammihud,

from the tribe of Simeon;(AB)

21 Elidad son of Kislon,

from the tribe of Benjamin;(AC)

22 Bukki son of Jogli,

the leader from the tribe of Dan;

23 Hanniel son of Ephod,

the leader from the tribe of Manasseh(AD) son of Joseph;

24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan,

the leader from the tribe of Ephraim(AE) son of Joseph;

25 Elizaphan son of Parnak,

the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;(AF)

26 Paltiel son of Azzan,

the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

27 Ahihud son of Shelomi,

the leader from the tribe of Asher;(AG)

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.(AH)

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 34:11 Hebrew Kinnereth

Frontiere del paese di Canaan; ordine per la divisione del paese

34 (A)Il Signore disse ancora a Mosè: «Da’ quest’ordine ai figli d’Israele e di’ loro: “Quando entrerete nel paese di Canaan, questo sarà il paese che vi toccherà come eredità, il paese di Canaan, di cui ecco i confini:

la vostra regione meridionale comincerà al deserto di Sin, vicino a Edom; così la vostra frontiera meridionale partirà dall’estremità del mar Salato, verso oriente; e questa frontiera volgerà al sud della salita di Acrabbim, passerà per Sin e si estenderà a mezzogiorno di Cades-Barnea; poi continuerà verso Casar-Addar e passerà per Asmon. Da Asmon la frontiera girerà fino al torrente d’Egitto e finirà al mare.

La vostra frontiera a occidente sarà il mar Grande[a]: quella sarà la vostra frontiera occidentale.

Questa sarà la vostra frontiera settentrionale: partendo dal mar Grande, la traccerete fino al monte Or; dal monte Or la traccerete fino all’entrata di Camat, e l’estremità della frontiera sarà a Sedad; la frontiera continuerà fino a Zifron, per finire a Casar-Enan: questa sarà la vostra frontiera settentrionale.

10 Traccerete la vostra frontiera orientale da Casar-Enan a Sefam; 11 la frontiera scenderà da Sefam verso Ribla, a oriente di Ain; poi la frontiera scenderà e si estenderà lungo il mare di Chinneret, a oriente; 12 poi la frontiera scenderà verso il Giordano e finirà al mar Salato. Tale sarà il vostro paese con le sue frontiere tutto intorno”».

13 Mosè trasmise quest’ordine ai figli d’Israele e disse loro: «Questo è il paese che vi distribuirete a sorte, il paese che il Signore ha ordinato si dia a nove tribù e mezzo; 14 poiché la tribù dei figli di Ruben, secondo le loro famiglie, e la tribù dei figli di Gad, secondo le loro famiglie, e la mezza tribù di Manasse hanno ricevuto la loro porzione. 15 Queste due tribù e mezzo hanno ricevuto la loro porzione a est, oltre il Giordano, all’altezza di Gerico, verso il levante».

16 (B)Il Signore disse a Mosè: 17 «Questi sono i nomi degli uomini che spartiranno il paese tra di voi: il sacerdote Eleazar e Giosuè, figlio di Nun. 18 Prenderete anche un capo di ogni tribù per spartire il paese.

19 Ecco i nomi di questi uomini. Per la tribù di Giuda: Caleb, figlio di Gefunne.

20 Per la tribù dei figli di Simeone: Samuele, figlio di Ammiud.

21 Per la tribù di Beniamino: Elidad, figlio di Chislon.

22 Per la tribù dei figli di Dan: il capo Buchi, figlio di Iogli.

23 Per i figli di Giuseppe – per la tribù dei figli di Manasse: il capo Canniel, figlio di Efod – 24 e per la tribù dei figli di Efraim: il capo Chemuel, figlio di Siftan.

25 Per la tribù dei figli di Zabulon: il capo Elisafan, figlio di Parnac.

26 Per la tribù dei figli di Issacar: il capo Paltiel, figlio di Azzan.

27 Per la tribù dei figli di Ascer: il capo Aiud, figlio di Selomi.

28 E per la tribù dei figli di Neftali: il capo Pedael, figlio di Ammiud.

29 Queste sono le persone alle quali il Signore ordinò di spartire la proprietà del paese di Canaan tra figli d’Israele.

Footnotes

  1. Numeri 34:6 Mar Grande, cioè il mar Mediterraneo.