1Then the Lord said 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 boundaries:[ † ]Genesis 17:8Deuteronomy 1:7-8Psalms 78:54-55Psalms 105:11 3Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,[ † ]Joshua 15:1-3Ezekiel 47:13-19Genesis 14:3Joshua 15:2 4cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,[ † ]Joshua 15:3Numbers 13:26Numbers 32:8Joshua 15:3-4 5where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.[ † ]Genesis 15:18Joshua 15:4-471 Kings 8:65Isaiah 27:12 6Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.[ † ]Exodus 23:31Joshua 15:12Ezekiel 47:20 7Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,[ † ]Numbers 33:37 8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,[ † ]Numbers 13:21Joshua 13:52 Kings 14:25Ezekiel 47:15 9continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.[ † ]Ezekiel 47:17 10And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.[ † ]2 Kings 23:33Jeremiah 39:5-6Deuteronomy 3:17Joshua 11:2Joshua 12:3Joshua 13:27Joshua 19:35Matthew 14:34Luke 5:1
12Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”[ † ]Numbers 34:3
13So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The Lord has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.[ † ]Genesis 15:18Numbers 26:52-56Deuteronomy 11:24Joshua 14:1-5 14For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.[ † ]Numbers 32:33 15These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
16Then the Lord said to Moses, 17“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.[ † ]Joshua 14:1-2Joshua 19:51 18Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.[ † ]Numbers 1:4-16 19These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah; 20Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon; 21Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin; 22Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan; 23Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; 24Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim; 25Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun; 26Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar; 27Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher; 28and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”
29These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.