The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the people of Israel,
and say to them, When you enter the land of Canaan (this is the
land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan
as defined by its borders), your south side shall be from the
wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall
run from the end of the Salt Sea on the east. And your border shall
turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its
limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to
Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon. And the border shall turn
from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the
sea.
“For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its
coast. This shall be your western border.
“This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall
draw a line to Mount Hor. From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to
Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad. Then
the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at
Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
“You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to
Shepham. And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the
east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the
shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east. And the border shall
go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at the Salt Sea. This
shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.”
Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, “This is the land
that you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give
to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe. For the tribe of the
people of Reuben by fathers' houses and the tribe of the people of
Gad by their fathers' houses have received their inheritance, and
also the half-tribe of Manasseh. The two tribes and the half-tribe
have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho,
toward the sunrise.”
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “These are the names of the men
who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the
priest and Joshua the son of Nun. You shall take one chief from
every tribe to divide the land for inheritance. These are the names
of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Of
the tribe of the people of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. Of
the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. Of the tribe of
the people of Dan a chief, Bukki the son of Jogli. Of the people of
Joseph: of the tribe of the people of Manasseh a chief, Hanniel the
son of Ephod. And of the tribe of the people of Ephraim a chief,
Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. Of the tribe of the people of Zebulun a
chief, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. Of the tribe of the people of
Issachar a chief, Paltiel the son of Azzan. And of the tribe of the
people of Asher a chief, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. Of the tribe of
the people of Naphtali a chief, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” These
are the men whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance for
the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.
