²³ As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion.^{(A) 24} Adjoining the territory of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon, one portion.^{(B) 25} Adjoining the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar, one portion.^{(C) 26} Adjoining the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun, one portion.^{(D) 27} Adjoining the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad, one portion.^{(E) 28} And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south, the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, from there along the Wadi of Egypt^[a] to the Great Sea.^{(F) 29} This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord God.^(G)