Numbers 34

Tree of Life Version

Borders of Israel

34 Adonai spoke to Moses saying, ² “Command Bnei-Yisrael and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, these are the boundaries of the land being allotted to you as an inheritance. ³ Your southern side will run from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom to the southern end of the Dead Sea on the east. ⁴ Your border will cross south of the Scorpion Pass and continue to Zin and south of Kadesh-barnea, then go on to Hazar-addar and on to Azmon. ⁵ Then the border will turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt and end at the sea.

⁶ “Your western boundary will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be your western border.

⁷ “Your northern boundary will be by running a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor, ⁸ then from Mount Hor to Levo-Hamath^[a], then the boundary will go to Zedad. ⁹ The border will continue on to Ziphron, ending at Hazar-Enan. This will be your northern border.

¹⁰ “For your eastern border, run a line from Hazar-Enan to Shepham. ¹¹ From Shepham, the boundary will descend to Riblah on the east side of Ain, continuing along the eastern slopes of Kinneret^[b]. ¹² From there the border will go down along the Jordan, ending at the Dead Sea. This will be your territory with its surrounding borders.”

¹³ Moses commanded Bnei-Yisrael, saying, “This is the land which Adonai has commanded that you are to assign by lot to the nine and a half tribes. ¹⁴ For the tribe of the sons of Reuben by their ancestral houses, the tribe of the sons of Gad by their ancestral houses, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance. ¹⁵ These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan at Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

¹⁶ Adonai spoke to Moses saying, ¹⁷ “These are the names of the men who will allot the land to you: Eleazar the kohen and Joshua son of Nun. ¹⁸ Also you are to select one prince from each tribe to allot the land. ¹⁹ These are their names: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh. ²⁰ From the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud. ²¹ From the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon. ²² From the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince is Bukki son of Jogli. ²³ From the sons of Joseph, from the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the prince is to be Hanniel son of Ephod. ²⁴ The prince from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim is to be Kemuel son of Shiphtan.

²⁵ “The prince from the tribe of the sons of Zebulun is Elizaphan son of Parnach. ²⁶ The prince from the tribe of the sons of Issachar is Paltiel son of Azzan. ²⁷ The prince from the tribe of the sons of Asher is Ahihud son of Shelomi. ²⁸ The prince from the tribe of the sons of Naphtali is Pedahel son of Ammihud.” ²⁹ These were those Adonai commanded to apportion to Bnei-Yisrael the land of Canaan.