| 1 | And the Lord said to Moses, |
| 2 | Command the Israelites, When you come into the land of Canaan (which is the land that shall be yours for an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries), |
| 3 | Your south side shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt [Dead] Sea eastward. |
| 4 | Your boundary shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and its end shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon. |
| 5 | Then the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall terminate at the [Mediterranean] Sea. |
| 6 | For the western boundary you shall have the Great Sea and its coast. |
| 7 | And this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea mark out your boundary line to Mount Hor; |
| 8 | From Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and its end shall be at Zedad; |
| 9 | Then the northern boundary shall go on to Ziphron, and the end of it shall be at Hazar-enan. |
| 10 | You shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham; |
| 11 | The boundary shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and shall descend and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth [the Sea of Galilee] on the east; |
| 12 | And the boundary shall go down to the Jordan, and the end shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its boundaries all around. |
| 13 | Moses commanded the Israelites, This is the land you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe [of Manasseh], |
| 14 | For the tribes of the sons of Reuben and of Gad by their fathers’ houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh. |
| 15 | The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan at Jericho, toward the sunrise. |
| 16 | And the Lord said to Moses, |
| 17 | These are the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. |
| 18 | And [with them] you shall take one head
or
prince of each tribe to divide the land for inheritance. |
| 19 | The names of the men are: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; |
| 20 | Of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud; |
| 21 | Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; |
| 22 | Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki son of Jogli; |
| 23 | Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod; |
| 24 | And of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; |
| 25 | And of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach; |
| 26 | And of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan; |
| 27 | And of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi; |
| 28 | And of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud. |
| 29 | These are the men whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. |