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The Boundaries of Canaan

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Boundaries of the Land

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

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“Give these instructions to the Israelites: When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your special possession, these will be the boundaries.

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Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

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The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea.a

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And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

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It will then run south past Scorpion Passb in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.

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And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

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From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the Brook of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.c

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And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

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“Your western boundary will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

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And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

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“Your northern boundary will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and run east to Mount Hor,

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From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

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then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad

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And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

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and Ziphron to Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.

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And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:

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“The eastern boundary will start at Hazar-enan and run south to Shepham,

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And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

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then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee,d

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And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

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and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”

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And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

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Then Moses told the Israelites, “This territory is the homeland you are to divide among yourselves by sacred lot. The LORD has commanded that the land be divided among the nine and a half remaining tribes.

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For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

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The families of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their grants of land

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The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

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on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho toward the sunrise.”

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Leaders to Divide the Land

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Leaders to Divide the Land

And the LORD said to Moses,

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These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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“Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun are the men designated to divide the grants of land among the people.

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And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

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Enlist one leader from each tribe to help them with the task.

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And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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These are the tribes and the names of the leaders:

Tribe	Leader
Judah	Caleb son of Jephunneh

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And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

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SimeonShemuel son of Ammihud

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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

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BenjaminElidad son of Kislon

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

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DanBukki son of Jogli

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The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

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Manasseh son of JosephHanniel son of Ephod

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

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Ephraim son of JosephKemuel son of Shiphtan

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

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ZebulunElizaphan son of Parnach

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

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IssacharPaltiel son of Azzan

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

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AsherAhihud son of Shelomi

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

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NaphtaliPedahel son of Ammihud

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These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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These are the men the LORD has appointed to divide the grants of land in Canaan among the Israelites.”

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Numbers 34

Numbers 34