Numbers 34
Common English Bible
Boundaries of the land of Canaan
34 The Lord said to Moses: 2 Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance. The land of Canaan according to its boundaries:
3 Your southern boundary extends from the Zin desert alongside Edom. Your southern border extends from the edge of the Dead Sea on the east. 4 Your border will turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim and cross toward Zin. Its limit will be south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go out to Hazar-addar and cross toward Azmon. 5 The border will then turn from Azmon to the Egypt ravine. Its limit will be at the Mediterranean Sea.
6 Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your western border.
7 This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea you will mark out your boundary to Mount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor you will mark out your boundary to Lebo-hamath. The limit of the border will be Zedad. 9 The border will go out to Ziphron. Its limit will be Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.
10 You will mark out your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 The border will descend from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. The border will go down and meet the eastern slope of the Galilee Sea. 12 The border will descend to the Jordan. Its limit will be the Dead Sea.
This will be your land with its borders all around.
13 Moses commanded the Israelites: This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes, 14 because the tribe of Reuben by their households and the tribe of Gad by their households, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance. 15 The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance across the Jordan at Jericho toward the east.
Appointment of leaders to assign the inheritance
16 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17 These are the names of the men who will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun’s son. 18 You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land. 19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh’s son; 20 from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel, Ammihud’s son; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, Chislon’s son; 22 from the tribe of the Danites, a chief, Bukki, Jogli’s son; 23 from Joseph’s descendants: of the tribe of the Manassites, a chief, Hanniel, Ephod’s son; 24 and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a chief, Kemuel, Shiphtan’s son; 25 from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a chief, Elizaphan, Parnach’s son; 26 from the tribe of the Issacharites, a chief, Paltiel, Azzan’s son; 27 from the tribe of the Asherites, a chief, Ahihud, Shelomi’s son; 28 from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a chief, Pedahel, Ammihud’s son.
29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance of the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
Numbers 34
Lexham English Bible
The Land of Canaan Is Divided
34 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the Israelites[a] and say to them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that was allotted to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries. 3 Your southern edge will be from the desert of Zin toward the side of Edom, and your southern border will be from the end of the Salt Sea[b] to the east; 4 your boundary will turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim[c] and will pass over to Zin, and its limits will be from the south of Kadesh Barnea; it will continue to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 5 The boundary will turn from Azmon to the valley of Egypt, and its limits will be to the sea.
6 “‘Your western boundary will be the Great Sea;[d] this will be your western boundary. 7 Your northern border will be from the Great Sea;[e] you will make a boundary from the Great Sea[f] to Mount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor you will make a boundary to reach Hamath; the limits of the territory will be at Zedad. 9 The boundary will go out to Ziphron, and its limits will be at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary to the north.
10 “‘You will mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar Enan to Shepham; 11 the boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah from the east side of Ain, and the boundary will go down and border on the eastern side of the Sea of Kinnereth. 12 The boundary will go down to the Jordan, and its limits will be at the Salt Sea.[g] This will be your land according to its boundaries all around.’”
13 So Moses commanded the Israelites,[h] saying, “This is the land that you will obtain as an inheritance for yourself by lot, which Yahweh commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes. 14 For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites,[i] the children of the Gadites,[j] and the half-tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance according to the house of their families.[k] 15 The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance from beyond the Jordan across Jericho, east toward the sunrise.”
16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “These are the names of the men who divide up the land for your inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18 You will take one leader from every tribe to divide up the land for inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20 of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, Samuel son of Ammihud; 21 of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; 22 of the tribe of the descendants[l] of Dan, the leader Bukki son of Jogli; 23 of the descendants[m] of Joseph, the tribe of the descendants[n] of Manasseh, the leader Hanniel son of Ephod. 24 Of the tribe of the descendants[o] of Ephraim, the leader Kemuel son of Shiphtan; 25 of the tribe of the descendants[p] of Zebulum, the leader Elizaphan son of Parnach; 26 of the tribe of the descendants[q] of Issachar, the leader Paltiel son of Azzan; 27 of the tribe of the descendants[r] of Asher, the leader Ahihud son of Shelomi; 28 of the tribe of the descendants[s] of Naphtali, the leader Pedahel son of Ammihud.” 29 These are those whom Yahweh commanded to allot to the Israelites[t] the land of Canaan.
Footnotes
- Numbers 34:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 34:3 That is, the Dead Sea
- Numbers 34:4 Or “Scorpions”
- Numbers 34:6 That is, the Mediterranean
- Numbers 34:7 That is, the Mediterranean
- Numbers 34:7 That is, the Mediterranean
- Numbers 34:12 That is, the Dead Sea
- Numbers 34:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 34:14 Hebrew “Reubenite”
- Numbers 34:14 Hebrew “Gadite”
- Numbers 34:14 Or “their fathers”
- Numbers 34:22 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:23 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:23 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:24 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:25 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:26 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:27 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:28 Or “sons”
- Numbers 34:29 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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