Numbers 34
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Charge the children of Israel, and
thou shalt say to them, Ye are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be
to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its boundaries.
3 And your southern side shall be from
the wilderness of Sin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall
aGr. be.extend on the side of the salt sea eastward.
4 And your border shall go round you
from the south to the ascent of Acrabin, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the
going forth of it shall be southward to Cades Barne, and it shall go forth to
the village of Arad, and shall proceed by Asemona.
5 And the border shall compass from
Asemona to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the termination.
6 And ye shall have your border on the
bGr. sea.west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on
the west.
7 And this shall be your northern
border; from the great sea ye shall measure to yourselves, by the side of
cGr. the mountain, the mountain. By this repetition is perhaps meant mount
Hor.the mountain. 8 And ye shall measure
to yourselves the mountain from mount Hor at the
entering in to Emath, and the termination of it shall be the coasts of
Saradac. 9 And the border shall go out
to Dephrona, and its termination shall be at Arsenain; this shall be your
border from the north. 10 And ye
shall measure to yourselves the eastern border from Arsenain to Sepphamar.
11 And the border shall go down from
Sepphamar to Bela eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from
Bela behind the sea Chenereth eastward.
12 And the border shall go down to
Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and
its borders round about.
13 And Moses charged the children of
Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall
inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes
and the half-tribe of Manasse. 14 For
the tribe of the children of Ruben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have
received their inheritance according to their
dGr. the houses of their families.families; and the half-tribe of Manasse have received their inheritances.
15 Two tribes and half a tribe have
received their inheritance beyond Jordan by Jericho from the south eastwards.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 17 These
are the names of the men who shall
eGr. inherit the land for you.divide the land to you for an inheritance; Eleazar the priest and Joshua the
son of Naue.
18 And ye shall take one ruler from
each tribe to divide the land to you by lot.
19 And these
are the names of the men; of the tribe of Juda,
Chaleb the son of Jephonne. 20 Of the
tribe of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Semiud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Eldad
the son of Chaslon. 22 Of the tribe
of Dan the prince was Bacchir the son of Egli.
23 Of the sons of Joseph of the tribe
of the sons of Manasse, the prince was Aniel the son of Suphi.
24 Of the tribe of the sons of
Ephraim, the prince was Camuel the son of Sabathan.
25 Of the tribe of Zabulon, the
prince was Elisaphan the son of Pharnac.
26 Of the tribe of the sons of
Issachar, the prince was Phaltiel the son of Oza.
27 Of the tribe of the children of
Aser, the prince was Achior the son of Selemi.
28 Of the tribe of Nephthali, the
prince was Phadael the son of Jamiud.
29 These did the Lord command to
distribute the inheritances to the children of Israel
in the land of Chanaan.