Boundaries of Canaan

¹YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²“You are to command the children of Israel and tell them, ‘When y’all enter the land of Canaan, the land that will fall to y’all with these borders:

³Y’all’s southern side will be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and y’all’s southern border will be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.

⁴Y’all’s border will turn south of the Scorpion Ascent, pass along to Zin, and pass south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go from there to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon.

⁵The border will turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it will end at the sea.

⁶“‘Y’all’s western border will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be y’all’s western border.

⁷“‘This will be y’all’s northern border: y’all are to draw a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

⁸From Mount Hor y’all are to draw a line to the entrance of Hamath, and the border will pass by Zedad.

⁹Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be y’all’s north border.

¹⁰“‘For y’all’s eastern border, y’all are to draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

¹¹The border will go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border will go down and reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward.

¹²The border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be y’all’s land according to its borders on all sides.’”

¹³Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which y’all will inherit by lot, which YHWH has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

¹⁴for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

¹⁵The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

¹⁶YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁷“These are the names of the men who will divide the land to y’all for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

¹⁸Y’all are to take one leader of every tribe to divide the land for inheritance.

¹⁹These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

²⁰Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

²¹Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

²²Bukki the son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan.

²³From the children of Joseph: Hanniel the son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh.

²⁴Kemuel the son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephraim.

²⁵Elizaphan the son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince.

²⁶Paltiel the son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of the children of Issachar.

²⁷Ahihud the son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of the children of Asher.

²⁸Pedahel the son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali.”

²⁹These are they whom YHWH commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.