The Allotment for the Tribes

²³ “Now as to the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin is to retain one portion.^{[a] 24} Adjacent to the border of Benjamin running from east to west, Simeon is to retain one portion. ²⁵ Adjacent to the border of Simeon running from east to west, Issachar is to retain one portion. ²⁶ Adjacent to the border of Issachar running from east to west, Zebulun is to retain one portion. ²⁷ Adjacent to the border of Zebulun running from east to west, Gad is to retain one portion. ²⁸ Adjacent to the border of Gad to the south and extending toward the south, the border is to proceed from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then to the Wadi^[b] of Egypt,^[c] and from there to the Mediterranean^[d] Sea. ²⁹ This is the land that you are to allocate by lottery to the tribes of Israel as their inheritance, and these are their respective divisions,” declares the Lord God.