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, that is, the land of Canaan according to its borders. 32Your southern region shall 3extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall 4extend from the end of the Salt Sea 5eastward. 4Then your border shall change direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and 6continue to Zin, and its 7termination shall be to the south of 8Kadesh-barnea; and it shall 9reach Hazaraddar and 10continue to Azmon. 5Then the border shall change direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at 11the sea.

6‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its 12coastline; this shall be your western border.

7‘13And this shall be your northern border: you shall draw your boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. 8You shall draw a boundary from Mount Hor to 14the 15Lebo-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 northern border.

10‘For your eastern border you shall also draw a boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11and the border shall go down from Shepham to 16Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of 17Chinnereth. 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 on all sides.’”

13So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “18This is the land that you are to possess by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes. 1419For 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 sunrise.”

16Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17“20These are the names of the men who shall assign the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18And you shall take one leader of each tribe to assign the land as an inheritance. 19These are the names of the men: of the tribe of 21Judah, 22Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20Of the tribe of the sons of 23Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud. 21Of the tribe of 24Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22And of 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 the ones whom the Lord commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.