1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you are coming into the land of Canaan—this [is] the land which falls to you by inheritance, the land of Canaan, by its borders— 3 then the south quarter has been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, indeed, the south border has been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea eastward; 4 and the border has turned around to you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and has passed on to Zin, and its outgoings have been from the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and it has gone out at Hazar-Addar, and has passed on to Azmon; 5 and the border has turned around from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea. 6 As for the west border, even the Great Sea has been a border to you; this is the west border to you. 7 And this is the north border to you: from the Great Sea you mark out for yourselves Mount Hor; 8 from Mount Hor you mark out to go to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad; 9 and the border has gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is the north border to you. 10 And you have marked out for yourselves for the border eastward, from Hazar-Enan to Shepham; 11 and the border has gone down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain, and the border has gone down, and has struck against the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth eastward; 12 and the border has gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is the land for you by its borders all around.” 13 And Moses commands the sons of Israel, saying, “This [is] the land which you inherit by lot, which YHWH has commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe; 14 for the tribe of the sons of Reuben, by the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers, have received [their inheritance]; and [those of] the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance; 15 the two tribes and the half of the tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, [near] Jericho, eastward, at the [sun]-rising.” 16 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 17 “These [are] the names of the men who give the inheritance of the land to you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18 And one prince—you take one prince from a tribe to give the land by inheritance. 19 And these [are] the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20 and of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Aminihud; 21 of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; 22 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki son of Jogli; 23 of the sons of Joseph, a prince of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Hanniel son of Ephod; 24 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; 25 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Elizaphan son of Parnach; 26 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Paltiel son of Azzan; 27 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Ahihud son of Shelomi; 28 and a prince of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Pedahel son of Ammihud.” 29 These [are] those whom YHWH has commanded to give the sons of Israel inheritance in the land of Canaan.
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Numbers 34 Literal Standard 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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