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And the LORDspake unto Moses,saying ,
2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
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Then your southquarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your southborder shall be the outmost coast of the saltseaeastward:4
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:5
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.6
And as for the westernborder, ye shall even have the greatsea for a border: this shall be your westborder.7
And this shall be your northborder: from the greatsea ye shall point out for you mountHor:8
From mountHor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:9
And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your northborder.10
And ye shall point out your eastborder from Hazarenan to Shepham:11
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend , and shall reach unto the side of the seaa of Chinneretheastward:12
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the saltsea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.13
And Mosescommanded the children of Israel,saying , This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORDcommanded to give unto the ninetribes, and to the halftribe:14
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:15
The twotribes and the halftribe have received their inheritance on this sideJordan near Jerichoeastward, toward the sunrising.16
And the LORDspake unto Moses,saying ,
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These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.18
And ye shall takeoneprince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance .
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And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah,Caleb the son of Jephunneh.20
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon,Shemuel the son of Ammihud.21
Of the tribe of Benjamin,Elidad the son of Chislon.22
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan,Bukki the son of Jogli.23
The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh,Hanniel the son of Ephod.24
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim,Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.25
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun,Elizaphan the son of Parnach.26
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar,Paltiel the son of Azzan.27
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher,Ahihud the son of Shelomi.28
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali,Pedahel the son of Ammihud.29
These are they whom the LORDcommanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
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