Numbers 34:1

The Land of Canaan Is Divided

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 34:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
At the same time that he ordered him to direct the children of Israel, when they had passed over Jordan, to drive out the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, and divide their land among them, he proceeded to give the limits and boundaries of the land:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 34:1 In-Context

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Command the {Israelites} and say to them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan, this [is] the land that was allotted to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries.

3 Your southern edge will be from the desert of Zin toward the side of Edom, and your southern border will be from the end of the Salt Sea to the east;

4 your boundary will turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and will pass over to Zin, and its limits will be from the south of Kadesh Barnea; it will continue to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

5 The boundary will turn from Azmon to the valley of Egypt, and its limits will be to the sea.