The boundaries of Canaan
1Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, 2“Give the people of Israel this order: When you go into the land of Canaan, this territory will be your inheritance. This is the land of Canaan with its boundaries:
3The southern part of your country will stretch from the wilderness of Zin along the borders of Edom. It will start on the east at the southern end of the Salt Sea. 4It will then turn south toward the Ascent of the Scorpions and go through Zin as far as Kadeshbarnea. Then it will go northwest toward Hazar-addar and pass through Azmon. 5From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the valley at the border of Egypt and end at the Big Sea (the Mediterranean Sea).
6The Big Sea will be your western boundary. 7For your northern boundary you will draw a line from the Big Sea to Mount Hor, 8then from Mount Hor you will draw a line to the Pass of Hamath, and the boundary will end at Zedad. 9From there it will go on to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.
10You will then draw your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11The boundary will go south from Shepham toward Riblah on the east side of Ain and on to the hills on the eastern shore of Lake Galilee. 12The boundary will then follow the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land with the boundaries surrounding it.”
13Moses then gave this instruction to the people of Israel: “This is the land you are to divide by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to be given to the remaining nine and a half tribes. 14The tribe of Reuben and the tribe of Gad with its clans and also the half tribe of Manasseh have already been given their land 15beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho, to the east, toward the sunrise.”
16Yahweh spoke to Moses and said: 17“These are the names of those who will share out the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun, 18with one leader from each tribe. 19Here are the names of these men:
For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20for the tribe of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud; 21for the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; 22for the tribe of Dan, the leader, Bukki son of Jogli; 23for the tribe of Manasseh, the leader Hanniel son of Ephod; 24and for the tribe of Ephraim, the leader Kemuel son of Shiphtan; 25for the tribe of Zebulun, the leader Elizaphan son of Parnach; 26for the tribe of Issachar, the leader Paltiel, son of Azzan; 27for the tribe of Asher, the leader Ahihud son of Shelomi; 28for the tribe of Naphtali, the leader Pedahel son of Ammi-hud.” 29These are the men whom Yahweh commanded to divide the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance.
