1 T hen the Lord said to Moses,

2 “ Tell the people of Israel, ‘When you go into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will be given to you, all the land of Canaan.

3 Y our south side will be from the Desert of Zin along the side of Edom. It will go east from the end of the Salt Sea.

4 T hen the side of your land will turn from the south up to the pass of Akrabbim and on to Zin. Its end will be south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazaraddar and on to Azmon.

5 T hen it will turn from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and will end at the sea.

6 ‘ The west side of your land will be the shore of the Great Sea.

7 ‘ Your north side will be from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

8 A nd it will go from Mount Hor to the Lebohamath, and end at Zedad.

9 T hen it will go to Ziphron and end at Hazer-enan. This will be the north side.

10 ‘ The east side of your land will be from Hazer-enan to Shepham,

11 t hen down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. Then it will go down to the hill on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth.

12 I t will go down to the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be the sides all around your land.’”

13 M oses told the people of Israel, “This is the land you will receive by drawing names, which the Lord has said should be given to the nine and a half-family groups.

14 F or the sons of Reuben have received their land by their fathers’ houses. The sons of Gad have received theirs by their fathers’ houses. And the half-family group of Manasseh has received their land.

15 T he two and a half-family groups have received their land on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho, toward the east.”

16 T he Lord said to Moses,

17 “ Eleazar the religious leader and Joshua the son of Nun are the men who will divide the land to be given to you.

18 A nd take one leader of every family group to divide the land among you.

19 T hese are the names of the men. Take Caleb the son of Jephunneh of the family group of Judah.

20 T ake Samuel the son of Ammihud of the family group of the sons of Simeon.

21 T ake Elidad the son of Chislon of the family group of Benjamin.

22 T ake Bukki the son of Jogli as the leader of the family group of the sons of Dan.

23 O f the sons of Joseph, take Hanniel the son of Ephod as the leader of the family group of the sons of Manasseh.

24 T ake Kemuel the son of Shiphtan as the leader of the family group of the sons of Ephraim.

25 T ake Elizaphan the son of Parnach as the leader of the family group of the sons of Zebulun.

26 T ake Paltiel the son of Azzan as the leader of the family group of the sons of Issachar.

27 T ake Ahihud the son of Shelomi as the leader of the family group of the sons of Asher.

28 A nd take Pedahel the son of Ammihud as the leader of the family group of the sons of Naphtali.”

29 T hese are the men whom the Lord told to divide the land among the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.