Boundaries of the Promised Land

¹The Lord spoke to Moses,

²‘Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these borders:[#34:2 Lit inheritance #– #the land of Canaan]

¹³So Moses commanded the Israelites, ‘This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.

¹⁴For the tribe of Reuben’s descendants and the tribe of Gad’s descendants have received their inheritance according to their ancestral families, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.[#34:14 Lit the house of their fathers]

¹⁵The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan east of Jericho, towards the sunrise.’[#34:15 Nm 32:33]

Leaders for Distributing the Land

¹⁶The Lord spoke to Moses,

¹⁷‘These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: the priest Eleazar and Joshua son of Nun.

¹⁸Take one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.

¹⁹These are the names of the men:

Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

²⁰Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon’s descendants;

²¹Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;

²²Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan’s descendants;

²³from the sons of Joseph:

Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants,

²⁴Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim’s descendants;

²⁵Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun’s descendants;

²⁶Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar’s descendants;

²⁷Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher’s descendants;

²⁸Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants.’

²⁹These are the ones the Lord commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.