Numbers 34

Instruction for Apportioning Canaan

1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter 1the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders. 32Your southern 3sector shall 4extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall 5extend from the end of the Salt Sea 6eastward. 4Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and 7continue to Zin, and its 8termination shall be to the south of 9Kadesh-barnea; and it shall 10reach Hazaraddar and 11continue to Azmon. 5The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at 12the sea.

6‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its 13coastline; this shall be your west border.

7‘14And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. 8You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to 15the 16Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad; 9and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

10‘For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11and the border shall go down from Shepham to 17Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the 18slope on the east side of the Sea of 19Chinnereth. 12And the border shall go down to the Jordan and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.’”

13So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “20This is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes. 1421For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers’ households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers’ households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession. 15The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising.”

16Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17“22These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance. 19These are the names of the men: of the tribe of 23Judah, 24Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20Of the tribe of the sons of 25Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud. 21Of the tribe of 26Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27Of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” 29These are those whom the Lord commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.