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Numbers 34

New International Reader’s Version



1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 ‘Give the Israelites a command. Tell them, “You are going to enter Canaan. The land will be given to you as your own. Here are the borders it must have. 3 ‘ “Your southern border will include part of the Desert of Zin. It will be along the border of Edom. Your southern border will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea. 4 It will cross south of Scorpion Pass. It will continue on to Zin. From there it will go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon. 5 There it will turn and join the Wadi of Egypt. It will come to an end at the Mediterranean Sea. 6 Your western border will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. That will be your border on the west. 7 For your northern border, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor. 8 Continue it from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the border will go to Zedad. 9 It will continue to Ziphron. It will come to an end at Hazar Enan. That will be your border on the north. 10 For your eastern border, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah. Riblah is on the east side of Ain. From there the border will continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. 12 Then the border will go down along the River Jordan. It will come to an end at the Dead Sea. ‘ “That will be your land. And those will be its borders on every side.” ’ 13 Moses gave the Israelites a command. He said, ‘Cast lots when you divide up the land. Each tribe will have its own share. The LORD has ordered it to be given to the nine and a half tribes. 14 The families of the tribes of Reuben and Gad have already received their shares. The families of half of the tribe of Manasseh have also received their share. 15 Those two and a half tribes have received their shares east of the River Jordan. It flows near Jericho. Their land is towards the sunrise.’ 16 The LORD spoke to Moses. He said, 17 ‘Here are the names of the men who will give out the shares of the land to your people. They are Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun. 18 Also appoint one leader from each of the nine and a half tribes. They will help you give out the land. 19 ‘Here are their names. ‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, is from the tribe of Judah. 20 Shemuel, the son of Ammihud, is from the tribe of Simeon. 21 Elidad, the son of Kislon, is from the tribe of Benjamin. 22 Bukki, the son of Jogli, is the leader from the tribe of Dan. 23 Hanniel, the son of Ephod, is the leader from the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh was the son of Joseph. 24 Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan, is the leader from the tribe of Ephraim. Ephraim was the son of Joseph. 25 Elizaphan, the son of Parnak, is the leader from the tribe of Zebulun. 26 Paltiel, the son of Azzan, is the leader from the tribe of Issachar. 27 Ahihud, the son of Shelomi, is the leader from the tribe of Asher. 28 Pedahel, the son of Ammihud, is the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.’ 29 These are the men the LORD commanded to give out the shares of the land. They were commanded to give them to Israel in the land of Canaan. 

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Numbers 34

English Standard Version



1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “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), (Ge 17:8; Ex 3:8; Nu 34:13; Ps 105:11) 3 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. (Ge 14:3; Ge 15:18; Nu 34:12; Jos 15:1; Jos 15:2; Eze 47:13) 4 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. (Jos 15:3) 5 And the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea. (Ge 15:18; Jos 15:4; Jos 15:47; 1Ki 8:65; 2Ki 24:7; 1Ch 13:5; 2Ch 7:8; Isa 27:12) 6 “For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its[1] coast. This shall be your western border. 7 “This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to Mount Hor. (Nu 33:37) 8 From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad. (Nu 13:21; 2Ki 14:25; Eze 47:15; Eze 48:1) 9 Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border. (Eze 47:17) 10 “You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 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. (De 3:17; Jos 11:2; Jos 12:3; Jos 19:35; 2Ki 23:33; Jer 39:5; Mt 4:18; Lu 5:1) 12 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.” (Nu 34:3) 13 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. (Nu 34:2; Jos 14:1) 14 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. (Nu 32:33; Jos 14:3) 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.” 



16 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “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. (Jos 14:1; Jos 19:51) 18 You shall take one chief from every tribe to divide the land for inheritance. (Nu 1:4; Nu 1:16) 19 These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 Of the tribe of the people of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 Of the tribe of the people of Dan a chief, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of the people of Joseph: of the tribe of the people of Manasseh a chief, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 And of the tribe of the people of Ephraim a chief, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 Of the tribe of the people of Zebulun a chief, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 Of the tribe of the people of Issachar a chief, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And of the tribe of the people of Asher a chief, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 Of the tribe of the people of Naphtali a chief, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” 29 These are the men whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan. 

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