1 The Lord told Moses, 2 “Give this command to the Israelites: When you enter the country of Canaan, it will be allocated to you to own with the following boundaries: 3 The southern extent of your country will be from the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern border will run east from the end of the Dead Sea, 4 cross south of Scorpion Pass, on to Zin, and reach its southern limit south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go to Hazar-addar and on to Azmon. 5 There the boundary will turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. 6 Your western border will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This is to be your boundary to the west. 7 Your northern border will run from the Mediterranean Sea straight to Mount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor the boundary will go to Lebo-hamath, then on to Zedad, 9 to Ziphron, ending at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary to the north. 10 Your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham 11 Then the boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. It will pass down along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan, ending at the Dead Sea. This is to be your land with its surrounding borders.” 13 Moses gave the order to the Israelites, “Allocate ownership of this land by lot. The Lord has commanded it to be given to the nine and a half tribes. 14 The tribes of Reuben and Gad, together with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their allocation. 15 These two and a half tribes have received their allocation on the east side of the Jordan opposite Jericho.” 16 The Lord told Moses, 17 “These are the names of the men who will be in charge of allocating ownership of the land for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, son of Nun. 18 Have one leader from each tribe help in the distribution of the land. 19 These are their names: From the tribe of Judah: Caleb, son of Jephunneh. 20 From the tribe of Simeon: Shemuel, son of Ammihud. 21 From the tribe of Benjamin: Elidad, son of Chislon. 22 A leader from the tribe of Dan: Bukki, son of Jogli. 23 A leader from the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph: Hanniel son of Ephod. 24 A leader from the tribe of Ephraim: Kemuel, son of Shiphtan. 25 A leader from the tribe of Zebulun: Eli-zaphan, son of Parnach. 26 A leader from the tribe of Issachar: Paltiel, son of Azzan. 27 A leader from the tribe of Asher: Ahihud, son of Shelomi. 28 A leader from the tribe of Naphtali: Pedahel, son of Ammihud.” 29 These are the names of those the Lord put in charge of allocating land ownership in the country of Canaan.
Numbers 34 Free Bible Version
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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
Shemuel
One of the ten tribal leaders the LORD named to help Eleazar and Joshua apportion the land of Canaan, representing the tribe of Simeon.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 34:20
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)
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- 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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