Israel’s Future Borders Delineated

¹³ This is what the Lord God says: “This is to be the territorial border by which you apportion the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph double-portioned. ¹⁴ Apportion it for their inheritances, distributing everything equally as if you were distributing things to your own^[a] brother, which is how I promised to give it to your ancestors. This way, the land will fall to you as an inheritance.

¹⁵ “This is to be the^[b] border for the land: on the north side, from the Mediterranean^[c] Sea by the Hethlon Road to the entrance of Zedad, ¹⁶ Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim (which lies between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), and Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. ¹⁷ The border is to proceed from the Mediterranean^[d] Sea to Hazer-enan (a border of Damascus), and on the north facing north is to be the border of Hamath. This is to be the north side.

¹⁸ “The eastern extremity is to proceed from between Hauran and^[e] Damascus, then between Gilead, and then through the land of Israel—the Jordan River.^[f] You are to measure from the northern border to the Dead^[g] Sea. This is to be the eastern perimeter.

¹⁹ “You are to determine the southern extremity running from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then from there proceeding to the Wadi,^[h] and then to the Mediterranean^[i] Sea. This is to be the southern^[j] perimeter.

²⁰ “The western^[k] perimeter is to be the Mediterranean^[l] Sea, from the southernmost border to a location opposite the entrance to Hamath. This is to be the western^[m] perimeter.

²¹ “You are to apportion this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel, ²² dividing it by lottery among yourselves and among the foreigners who live among you and bear children among you. You are to treat them like native-born Israelis. Among you they,^[n] too, are to be allotted an inheritance with the tribes of Israel. ²³ Furthermore, you are to provide the foreigner’s inheritance there in the tribe within which he remains,” declares the Lord God.