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This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "This shall be the ^(C1)boundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two ^(C2)portions.

"And you shall divide it for an inheritance, each one ^(F1)equally with the other; for I ^(F2)(C1)swore to give it to your forefathers, and this land shall fall to you ^(F3)as an inheritance.

"And this shall be the boundary of the land: on the ^(C1)north side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of ^(F1)(C2)Zedad;

^(F1)(C1)Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of ^(C2)Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.

"The boundary shall ^(F1)extend from the sea to ^(C1)Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

"The ^(C1)east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, ^(C2)Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the ^(C3)Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

"The ^(C1)south side toward the south shall extend from ^(C2)Tamar as far as the waters of ^(C3)Meribath-kadesh, to the ^(C4)brook of Egypt and to the ^(C5)Great Sea. This is the south side toward the south.

"And the ^(C1)west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite ^(F1)(C2)Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.

"So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

"You shall divide it by ^(C1)lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the ^(C2)strangers who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an ^(C3)inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

"And in the tribe with which the stranger resides, there you shall give him his inheritance," declares the Lord GOD.