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Instruction for Apportioning Canaan

¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² "Command the Israelites, 'When you enter ^(C1)the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall be yours as an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries,^3 (C1)your southern region shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt (Dead) Sea ^(C2)eastward.⁴ 'Your boundary shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and continue on to Zin, and its limit shall be south of ^(C1)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 (Wadi el-arish), and its limit shall be at ^(C1)the Mediterranean Sea.

⁶ 'As the western boundary you shall have the Great Mediterranean Sea and its coastline. This shall be your western boundary.

⁷ '^(C1)And this shall be your north border: from the Great Mediterranean Sea mark out your boundary line to ^(F1)Mount Hor;⁸ from Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to ^(C1)the entrance of Hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad;⁹ then the northern boundary shall go on to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern boundary.

¹⁰ 'You shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham;¹¹ the eastern boundary shall go down from Shepham to ^(C1)Riblah on the east side of Ain and shall descend and reach to the ^(F1)slope on the east of the Sea of ^(C2)Chinnereth the Sea of Galilee;¹² and the eastern boundary shall go down to the Jordan River, and its limit shall be at the Salt (Dead) Sea. This shall be your land according to its boundaries all around.'"

¹³ So Moses commanded the Israelites, saying, "^(C1)This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh,^14 (C1)for the tribe of the sons of Reuben and the tribe of the sons of Gad have received their inheritance by their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.¹⁵ "The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan River opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise."

¹⁶ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,¹⁷ "^(C1)These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.¹⁸ "You shall take one leader from every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance.¹⁹ "These are the names of the men: From the tribe of ^(C1)Judah, ^(C2)Caleb the son of Jephunneh;²⁰ from the tribe of the sons of ^(C1)Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;²¹ from the tribe of ^(C1)Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;²² from the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli;²³ of the sons of Joseph: from the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod;²⁴ from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;²⁵ from the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach;²⁶ from the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan;²⁷ from the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;²⁸ from the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud."²⁹ These are the twelve men whom the LORD commanded to work with Joshua and Eleazar to divide the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.