1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Instruct the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, and it has fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bound by these limits: 3 The southern part shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is next to Edom, and it shall have the Sea of Salt as a limit to the east. 4 It shall circle on the south side along the ascent of the Scorpion, by this way crossing into Senna, and passing through, from the south, as far as Kadesh-barnea, from which its confines shall go out to the town called Adar, and extend even to Azmon. 5 And its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea. 6 Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end. 7 Furthermore, toward the northern region, its limits shall begin from the Great Sea, passing through even to the highest mountain. 8 From there, it limits shall advance into Hamath, as far as the limits of Zedad. 9 And its confines shall go all the way to Ziphron, and to the village of Enan. These shall be the limits on the northern side. 10 From there, its limits shall be measured, facing the east side, from the village of Enan as far as Shepham. 11 And from Shepham, the boundaries shall descend into Riblah, opposite the fountain of Daphnis. From there, the boundaries shall pass through, opposite the east, to the Sea of Chinnereth, 12 and shall extend as far as the Jordan, and, at the furthest extent, shall be enclosed by the Sea of Salt. You shall have this land, with its borders all around.” 13 And Moses instructed the sons of Israel, saying: “This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord has ordered to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe. 14 For the tribe of the sons of Ruben, by their families, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, according to the number of their kinships, and also one half of the tribe of Manasseh, 15 that is, two and a half tribes, have received their portion across the Jordan, opposite Jericho, toward the eastern side.” 16 And the Lord said to Moses: 17 “These are the names of the men, who shall divide the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, 18 and one leader from each tribe, 19 whose names are these: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 20 from the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon; 22 from the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli; 23 of the sons of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod; 24 from the tribe of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; 25 from the tribe of Zebulon, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; 26 from the tribe of Issachar, Paltiel the leader, the son of Azzan; 27 from the tribe of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; 28 from the tribe of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” 29 These are the ones that the Lord has ordered to divide the land of Canaan to the sons of Israel.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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Ahihud
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Asher.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:27
Ammihud
The father of Pedahel, who was named leader of the tribe of Naphtali to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:28
Ammihud
The father of Shemuel, who was named leader of the tribe of Simeon to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:20
Azzan
The father of Paltiel, who was named leader of the tribe of Issachar to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:26
Bukki
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Dan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:22
Chislon
The father of Elidad, who was named leader of the tribe of Benjamin to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:21
Elidad
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Benjamin.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:21
Elizaphan
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Zebulun.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:25
Ephod
The father of Hanniel, who was named leader of the tribe of Manasseh to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:23
Hanniel
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Manasseh.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:23
Jogli
The father of Bukki, who was named leader of the tribe of Dan to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:22
Kemuel
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Ephraim.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:24
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Paltiel
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Issachar.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:26
Parnach
The father of Elizaphan, who was named leader of the tribe of Zebulun to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:25
Pedahel
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Naphtali.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:28
Shelomi
The father of Ahihud, who was named leader of the tribe of Asher to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:27
Shiphtan
The father of Kemuel, who was named leader of the tribe of Ephraim to help apportion the land of Canaan.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:24
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Genesis 17:8; Psalm 105:11; Deuteronomy 1:7–8; Psalm 78:54–55; Ezekiel 47:14
- 3 Genesis 14:3; Ezekiel 47:13; Joshua 15:1–12; Exodus 23:31; Ezekiel 47:8
- 4 Numbers 32:8; Numbers 13:26; Joshua 15:3–4; Numbers 13:21; Numbers 34:3
- 5 Joshua 15:4; Genesis 15:18; Isaiah 27:12; Joshua 15:47; 1 Kings 8:65
- 6 Ezekiel 47:10; Joshua 15:47; Joshua 1:4; Ezekiel 47:20; Joshua 23:4
- 7 Numbers 33:37; Ezekiel 47:15–17; Numbers 34:3; Numbers 34:6; Numbers 34:9–10
- 8 Numbers 13:21; 2 Kings 14:25; Ezekiel 47:15–20; 2 Samuel 8:9; Joshua 13:5–6
- 9 Ezekiel 47:17
- 11 2 Kings 23:33; Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 19:35; Matthew 14:34
- 12 Numbers 34:3; Genesis 14:3; Genesis 13:10; Genesis 19:24–26
- 13 Numbers 34:1; Joshua 14:1–5
- 14 Numbers 32:33; Numbers 32:23; Joshua 14:2–3; Deuteronomy 3:12–17; Joshua 13:8–12
- 15 Numbers 32:32
- 17 Joshua 14:1; Joshua 19:51; Numbers 13:16; Numbers 13:8
- 18 Numbers 1:4–16
- 19 Numbers 26:65; Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:6; Genesis 29:35; Deuteronomy 33:7
- 20 Genesis 49:5
- 21 Genesis 49:27; Psalm 68:27
- 29 Numbers 34:18; Joshua 19:51
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