1 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

2 C ommand the Israelites, When you come into the land of Canaan (which is the land that shall be yours for an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries),

3 Y our south side shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.

4 Y our boundary shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and its end shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon.

5 T hen the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall terminate at the Sea.

6 F or the western boundary you shall have the Great Sea and its coast.

7 A nd this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea mark out your boundary line to Mount Hor;

8 F rom Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and its end shall be at Zedad;

9 T hen the northern boundary shall go on to Ziphron, and the end of it shall be at Hazar-enan.

10 Y ou shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

11 T he boundary shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and shall descend and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east;

12 A nd the boundary shall go down to the Jordan, and the end shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its boundaries all around.

13 M oses commanded the Israelites, This is the land you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe,

14 F or the tribes of the sons of Reuben and of Gad by their fathers’ houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh.

15 T he two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan at Jericho, toward the sunrise.

16 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

17 T hese are the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

18 A nd you shall take one head or prince of each tribe to divide the land for inheritance.

19 T he names of the men are: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

20 O f the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud;

21 O f the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon;

22 O f the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki son of Jogli;

23 O f the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod;

24 A nd of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan;

25 A nd of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach;

26 A nd of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan;

27 A nd of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi;

28 A nd of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.

29 T hese are the men whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.