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Boundaries of the Land

Then the LORD said to Moses,

The Boundaries of Canaan

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

“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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Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.

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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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Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward;

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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 your border shall turn from the south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and shall end southward at Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-Addar, and pass on to Azmon.

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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 the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.

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

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And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and [its] coast. This shall be your west border.

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

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

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then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad

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from mount Hor ye shall mark out the entrance to Hamath, and the end of the border shall be toward Zedad;

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

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and the border shall go to Ziphron, and shall end at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

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

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And ye shall mark out for you as eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:

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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 from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall strike upon the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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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 the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.

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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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And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall take for yourselves as inheritance by lot, which Jehovah commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.

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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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For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of the Gadites according to their fathers' houses, have received, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;

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

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the two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side the Jordan of Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.

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Leaders to Divide the Land

And the LORD said to Moses,

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Leaders to Divide the Land

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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

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

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

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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 these are the names of the men: for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

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SimeonShemuel son of Ammihud

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and for the tribe of the children of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;

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BenjaminElidad son of Kislon

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for the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;

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DanBukki son of Jogli

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and for the tribe of the children of Dan, a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli;

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Manasseh son of JosephHanniel son of Ephod

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for the children of Joseph: for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod,

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Ephraim son of JosephKemuel son of Shiphtan

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and for the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;

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ZebulunElizaphan son of Parnach

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and for the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a prince, Elizaphan the son of Pharnach;

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IssacharPaltiel son of Azzan

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and for the tribe of the children of Issachar, a prince, Phaltiel the son of Azzan;

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AsherAhihud son of Shelomi

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and for the tribe of the children of Asher, a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;

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NaphtaliPedahel son of Ammihud

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and for the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a prince, Phedahel the son of Ammihud.

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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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These are they whom Jehovah commanded to distribute to the children of Israel their inheritance in the land of Canaan.

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Numbers 34

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