1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)[ † ]Genesis 17:8Deuteronomy 1:7-8Psalms 78:54-55Psalms 105:11 3then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:[ † ]Joshua 15:1-3Ezekiel 47:13-19Genesis 14:3Joshua 15:2 4and your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:[ † ]Joshua 15:3Numbers 13:26Numbers 32:8Joshua 15:3-4 5and the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.[ † ]Genesis 15:18Joshua 15:4-471 Kings 8:65Isaiah 27:12
6And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.[ † ]Exodus 23:31Joshua 15:12Ezekiel 47:20
7And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:[ † ]Numbers 33:37 8from mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:[ † ]Numbers 13:21Joshua 13:52 Kings 14:25Ezekiel 47:15 9and the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.[ † ]Ezekiel 47:17
10And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham: 11and the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:[ † ]2 Kings 23:33Jeremiah 39:5-6Deuteronomy 3:17Joshua 11:2Joshua 12:3Joshua 13:27Joshua 19:35Matthew 14:34Luke 5:1 12and the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.[ † ]Numbers 34:3
13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:[ † ]Genesis 15:18Numbers 26:52-56Deuteronomy 11:24Joshua 14:1-5 14for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:[ † ]Numbers 32:33 15the two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
16And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.[ † ]Joshua 14:1-2Joshua 19:51 18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.[ † ]Numbers 1:4-16 19And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.