Numbers 34:1-15

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.”