Numbers 34
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Boundaries of the Promised Land
34 The Lord spoke to Moses, 2 ‘Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance[a] with these borders:
3 Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea. 4 Your border will turn south of the Scorpions’ Ascent,[b] proceed to Zin, and end south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon.(A) 5 The border will turn from Azmon(B) to the Brook of Egypt,(C) where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.
6 Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.
7 This will be your northern border: from the Mediterranean Sea draw a line to Mount Hor;(D) 8 from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath,[c](E) and the border will reach Zedad.(F) 9 Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan.(G) This will be your northern border.
10 For your eastern border, draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah east of Ain.(H) It will continue down and reach the eastern slope of the Sea of Chinnereth.[d](I) 12 Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.’
13 So Moses commanded the Israelites, ‘This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes. 14 For the tribe of Reuben’s descendants and the tribe of Gad’s descendants have received their inheritance according to their ancestral families,[e] and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance. 15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance(J) across the Jordan east of Jericho, towards the sunrise.’
Leaders for Distributing the Land
16 The Lord spoke to Moses, 17 ‘These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: the priest Eleazar and Joshua son of Nun. 18 Take one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. 19 These are the names of the men:
Caleb(K) son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
20 Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon’s descendants;
21 Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
22 Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan’s descendants;
23 from the sons of Joseph:
Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants,
24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim’s descendants;
25 Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun’s descendants;
26 Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar’s descendants;
27 Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher’s descendants;
28 Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants.’
29 These are the ones the Lord commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
Numbers 34
Modern English Version
The Borders of Canaan
34 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you are going into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders.
3 Then your south side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along by the border of Edom, and your south border will be the end of the Dead Sea to the east. 4 And your border will turn from the south to the Ascent of Akrabbim, and continue to Zin, and the end of it will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will continue to Hazar Addar, and pass on to Azmon. 5 And the border will circle around from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and the end of it will be at the Mediterranean Sea.
6 For the western border, you will have the Mediterranean Sea and its coastline. This will be your western border.
7 This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea you will mark a line to Mount Hor; 8 from Mount Hor you will mark a line of your border to Lebo Hamath, and the limits of the border will be to Zedad. 9 And the border will go on to Ziphron, and the limits of it will be at Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.
10 You will mark a line for your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 And the border will go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will go down and will reach the side of the Sea of Kinnereth to the east. 12 And the border will go down to the Jordan, and the limits of it will be at the Dead Sea.
This will be your land with its borders all around.
13 Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This is the land which you will possess by lot, which the Lord commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe 14 because the tribe of the children of Reuben by the house of their fathers and the tribe of the children of Gad by the house of their fathers have received their inheritance, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received their inheritance. 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan near Jericho to the east, toward the sunrise.
The Leaders to Divide the Land
16 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 17 These are the names of the men who will divide the land for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 You will take one leader of each tribe to divide the land by inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men:
of the tribe of Judah,
Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
20 of the tribe of the children of Simeon,
Shemuel the son of Ammihud;
21 of the tribe of Benjamin,
Elidad the son of Kislon;
22 the leader of the tribe of the children of Dan,
Bukki the son of Jogli;
23 the leader of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh,
Hanniel the son of Ephod;
24 the leader of the tribe of the children of Ephraim,
Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;
25 the leader of the tribe of the children of Zebulun,
Elizaphan the son of Parnak;
26 the leader of the tribe of the children of Issachar,
Paltiel the son of Azzan;
27 the leader of the tribe of the children of Asher,
Ahihud the son of Shelomi;
28 the leader of the tribe of the children of Naphtali,
Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
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