Numbers 34
New English Translation
The Southern Border of the Land
34 [a] Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Give these instructions[b] to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance,[c] the land of Canaan with its borders, 3 your southern border[d] will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, 4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent,[e] continue to Zin, and then its direction[f] will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Stream of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.[g]
The Western Border of the Land
6 “‘And for a western border[h] you will have the Great Sea.[i] This will be your western border.
The Northern Border of the Land
7 “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath,[j] and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.
The Eastern Border of the Land
10 “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Kinnereth.[k] 12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River[l] and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”
13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given[m] to the nine-and-a-half tribes, 14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families,[n] the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. 15 The two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
Appointed Officials
16 The Lord said to Moses: 17 “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance:[o] Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18 You must take one leader from every[p] tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.[q] 19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20 from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon; 22 and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli. 23 From the Josephites, Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh; 24 from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; 25 from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach; 26 from the tribe of the Issacharites, a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan; 27 from the tribe of the Asherites, a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi; 28 and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.” 29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
Footnotes
- Numbers 34:1 sn This chapter falls into several sections: the south (vv. 1-5), the west (v. 6), the north (vv. 7-9), the east (vv. 10-15), and then a list of appointed officials (vv. 16-29).
- Numbers 34:2 tn Or “command.”
- Numbers 34:2 tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”
- Numbers 34:3 tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.
- Numbers 34:4 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [ʿaqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
- Numbers 34:4 tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.
- Numbers 34:5 sn That is, the Mediterranean.
- Numbers 34:6 tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.
- Numbers 34:6 sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).
- Numbers 34:8 tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”
- Numbers 34:11 tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”sn The word means “harp.” The lake (or sea) of Galilee was so named because it is shaped somewhat like a harp.
- Numbers 34:12 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Numbers 34:13 tn The infinitive forms the direct object of what the Lord commanded. It actually means “to give,” but without an expressed subject may be made passive.
- Numbers 34:14 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also a little later in this verse.
- Numbers 34:17 tn The verb can be translated simply as “divide,” but it has more the idea of allocate as an inheritance, the related noun being “inheritance.”
- Numbers 34:18 tn This sense is created by repetition: “one leader, one leader from the tribe.”
- Numbers 34:18 tn The sentence simply uses לִנְחֹל (linkhol, “to divide, apportion”). It has been taken already to mean “allocate as an inheritance.” Here “assist” may be added since Joshua and Eleazar had the primary work.
民數記 34
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
迦南的疆域
34 耶和華對摩西說： 2 「你把以下指示告訴以色列人。
「你們進入賜給你們作產業的迦南後，你們四境的疆界如下。
3 「南部疆界從荀曠野沿著以東邊界延伸，東起死海的盡頭， 4 往南至亞克拉濱坡南面，經荀直到加低斯·巴尼亞南面，再延伸至哈薩·亞達，經押們， 5 轉向埃及河，直到地中海。
6 「西部以地中海為界。
7 「北部疆界從地中海開始直到何珥山， 8 再到哈馬口，經西達達、 9 西斐崙直到哈薩·以難。
10 「東部疆界從哈薩·以難一直劃到示番， 11 往南到亞延東面的利比拉，再往南到基尼烈湖東岸。 12 然後沿約旦河南下直到死海。這是你們國土四面的疆界。」
13 摩西又對以色列人說：「這就是耶和華吩咐用抽籤的方式分給你們九個半支派的土地。 14 呂便支派和迦得支派已經按著宗族得到了他們的土地，瑪拿西半個支派也得到了土地。 15 這兩個半支派的土地在耶利哥對面的約旦河東岸。」
分地的首領
16 耶和華對摩西說： 17 「負責給你們分地的是以利亞撒祭司和嫩的兒子約書亞。 18 每支派要選出一位首領來協助分地。
19 「以下是這些首領的名字：
猶大支派耶孚尼的兒子迦勒，
20 西緬支派亞米忽的兒子示姆利，
21 便雅憫支派基斯倫的兒子以利達，
22 但支派約利的兒子布基，
23 約瑟之子瑪拿西支派以弗的兒子漢聶，
24 以法蓮支派拾弗但的兒子基姆利，
25 西布倫支派帕納的兒子以利撒番，
26 以薩迦支派阿散的兒子帕鐵，
27 亞設支派示羅米的兒子亞希忽，
28 拿弗他利支派亞米忽的兒子比達黑。」
29 這些是奉耶和華之命在迦南給以色列人分產業的首領。
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