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1 The LORD said to Moses:
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance. The land of Canaan according to its boundaries:
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“Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders),
3 Your southern boundary extends from the Zin desert alongside Edom. Your southern border extends from the edge of the Dead Sea on the east.
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your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.
4 Your border will turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim and cross toward Zin. Its limit will be south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go out to Hazar-addar and cross toward Azmon.
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And your border shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.
5 The border will then turn from Azmon to the Egypt ravine. Its limit will be at the Mediterranean Sea.
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And the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.
6 Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your western border.
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“For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its coast. This shall be your western border.
7 This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea you will mark out your boundary to Mount Hor.
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“This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to Mount Hor.
8 From Mount Hor you will mark out your boundary to Lebo-hamath. The limit of the border will be Zedad.
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From Mount Hor you shall draw a line to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad.
9 The border will go out to Ziphron. Its limit will be Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.
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Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
10 You will mark out your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.
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“You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.
11 The border will descend from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. The border will go down and meet the eastern slope of the Galilee Sea.
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And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.
12 The border will descend to the Jordan. Its limit will be the Dead Sea.
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And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around. ”
13 This will be your land with its borders all around.Moses commanded the Israelites: This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes,
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Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, “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.
14 because the tribe of Reuben by their households and the tribe of Gad by their households, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.
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For 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.
15 The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance across the Jordan at Jericho toward the east.
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The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise. ”
16 The LORD spoke to Moses:
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17 These are the names of the men who will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun's son.
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“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land.
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You shall take one chief from every tribe to divide the land for inheritance.
19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh's son;
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These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel, Ammihud's son;
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Of the tribe of the people of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, Chislon's son;
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22 from the tribe of the Danites, a chief, Bukki, Jogli's son;
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Of the tribe of the people of Dan a chief, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23 from Joseph's descendants: of the tribe of the Manassites, a chief, Hanniel, Ephod's son;
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Of the people of Joseph: of the tribe of the people of Manasseh a chief, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24 and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a chief, Kemuel, Shiphtan's son;
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And of the tribe of the people of Ephraim a chief, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25 from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a chief, Elizaphan, Parnach's son;
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Of the tribe of the people of Zebulun a chief, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
26 from the tribe of the Issacharites, a chief, Paltiel, Azzan's son;
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Of the tribe of the people of Issachar a chief, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27 from the tribe of the Asherites, a chief, Ahihud, Shelomi's son;
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And of the tribe of the people of Asher a chief, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28 from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a chief, Pedahel, Ammihud's son.
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Of the tribe of the people of Naphtali a chief, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance of the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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These are the men whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan. ”
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