The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And the Lord said to Moses,
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The Lord gave Moses
2 Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land which is to be your heritage, the land of Canaan inside these limits,)
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the following instructions for the people of Israel: "When you enter Canaan, the land which I am giving you, the borders of your territory will be as follows.
3 Then your south quarter will be from the waste land of Zin by the side of Edom, and your limit on the south will be from the east end of the Salt Sea,
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The southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. It will begin on the east at the southern end of the Dead Sea.
4 And round to the south of the slope of Akrabbim, and on to Zin: and its direction will be south of Kadesh-barnea, and it will go as far as Hazar-addar and on to Azmon:
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Then it will turn southward toward Akrabbim Pass and continue on through Zin as far south as Kadesh Barnea. Then it will turn northwest to Hazar Addar and on to Azmon,
5 And from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.
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where it will turn toward the valley at the border of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean.
6 And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.
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"The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea.
7 And your limit on the north will be the line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor:
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"The northern border will follow a line from the Mediterranean to Mount Hor
8 And from Mount Hor the line will go in the direction of Hamath; the farthest point of it will be at Zedad:
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and from there to Hamath Pass. It will continue to Zedad
9 And the limit will go on to Ziphron, with its farthest point at Hazar-enan: this will be your limit on the north.
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and to Ziphron, and will end at Hazar Enan.
10 And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
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"The eastern border will follow a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
11 Going down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain, and on as far as the east side of the sea of Chinnereth:
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It will then go south to Harbel, east of Ain, and on to the hills on the eastern shore of Lake Galilee,
12 And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
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then south along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. "These will be the four borders of your land."
13 And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:
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So Moses said to the Israelites, "This is the land that you will receive by drawing lots, the land that the Lord has assigned to the nine and one-half tribes.
14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:
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The tribes of Reuben and Gad and the eastern half of Manasseh have received their property, divided according to their families,
15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have been given their heritage on the other side of Jordan at Jericho, on the east looking to the dawn.
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on the eastern side of the Jordan, opposite Jericho."
16 And the Lord said to Moses,
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The Lord said to Moses,
17 These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.
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"Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun will divide the land for the people.
18 And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.
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Take also one leader from each tribe to help them divide it."
19 And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
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These are the men the Lord chose:
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 of the tribe of the children of Dan, a chief, Bukki, the son of Jogli.
23 Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a chief, Hanniel, the son of Ephod:
24 And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
25 And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.
26 And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.
27 And of the tribe of the children of Asher, a chief, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.
28 And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.
29 These are they to whom the Lord gave orders to make the distribution of the heritage among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
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These are the men that the Lord assigned to divide the property for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.