Boundaries of the Land
1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter
1the land of Canaan
2(this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders),
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3your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of
4the Salt Sea on the east.
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And your border shall turn south of
5the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to
6Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.
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And the border shall turn
7from Azmon to
8the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.
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"For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its coast. This shall be your western border.
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"This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to
9Mount Hor.
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From Mount Hor you shall draw a line
10to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at
11Zedad.
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Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at
12Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
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"You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.
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And the border shall go down from Shepham to
13Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of
14the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.
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And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at
15the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around."
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Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying,
16"This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.
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17For the tribe of the people of Reuben by fathers' houses and the tribe of the people of Gad by their fathers' houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise."