The Borders of the Land
1Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 2“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance — the land of Canaan, within these borders: 3Your southern side will run from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern border will start from the end of the Salt Sea on the east, 4and turn from the south to the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue on to Zin, and reach as far south as Kadesh-barnea. From there it will go on to Hazar-addar and continue to Azmon. 5From Azmon the border will turn to the Wadi of Egypt, and it will end at the sea. 6As for your western border, the Great Sea itself will be your border. This will be your western border. 7This will be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to Mount Hor, 8and from Mount Hor draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the border will end at Zedad. 9The border will continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border. 10For your eastern border, you shall draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and continue down along the eastern slope of the Sea of Chinnereth. 12Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, within these surrounding borders.” 13So Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes, 14for the tribe of the sons of Reuben, by their ancestral houses, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, by their ancestral houses, have already received their inheritance, as has the half-tribe of Manasseh. 15These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho, to the east.”
The Men Appointed to Divide the Land
16Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said, 17“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18You shall also take one leader from every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance. 19These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud; 21from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; 22from the tribe of the sons of Dan, the leader Bukki son of Jogli; 23from the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the leader Hanniel son of Ephod; 24and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the leader Kemuel son of Shiphtan; 25of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, the leader Elizaphan son of Parnach; 26of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the leader Paltiel son of Azzan; 27of the tribe of the sons of Asher, the leader Ahihud son of Shelomi; 28and of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the leader Pedahel son of Ammihud.” 29These were the men Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance for the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
