1 Then 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: 3 Your 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, 4 cross 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, 5 where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea. 6 Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west. 7 Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor, 8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad, 9 continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north. 10 And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11 then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth. 12 Then 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.” 13 So 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. 14 For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance. 15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.” 16 Then 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. 18 Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. 19 These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah; 20 Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon; 21 Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin; 22 Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan; 23 Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; 24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim; 25 Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun; 26 Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar; 27 Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher; 28 and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.” 29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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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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