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New American Standard Bible

Boundaries of the Land

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Instruction for Apportioning Canaan

Then the LORD 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 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.

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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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‘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.

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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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‘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.

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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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‘The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.

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

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‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; 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: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

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then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad

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‘You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;

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

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and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be 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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‘For your eastern border you shall also draw a line 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 go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth.

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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 its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.’”

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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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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.

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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 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.

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

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“The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising.”

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Leaders to Divide the Land

And the LORD said to Moses,

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Then the LORD 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 apportion the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.