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Instruction for Apportioning Canaan
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Boundaries of the Land
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
“Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders.
“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.
‘Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.
‘Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and continue to Zin, and its termination shall be to the south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon.
‘The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.
‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border.
“Your western boundary will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
‘And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.
“Your northern boundary will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and run east to Mount Hor,
‘You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;
then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad
and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.
and Ziphron to Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.
‘For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
“The eastern boundary will start at Hazar-enan and run south 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 slope on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth.
‘And 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.’”
and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”
So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This 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.
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.
“For 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.
The families of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their grants of land
“The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising.”
on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho toward the sunrise.”
“These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
“Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun are the men designated to divide the grants of land among the people.
“You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance.
Enlist one leader from each tribe to help them with the task.
“These are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
These are the tribes and the names of the leaders:
| Tribe | Leader |
| Judah | Caleb son of Jephunneh |
“Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
Manasseh son of JosephHanniel son of Ephod
“Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
Ephraim son of JosephKemuel son of Shiphtan
“Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
ZebulunElizaphan son of Parnach
“Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
IssacharPaltiel son of Azzan
“Of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
AsherAhihud son of Shelomi
“Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”
NaphtaliPedahel son of Ammihud