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1 ADONAI told Moshe
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And the Lord said to Moses,
2 to give this order to the people of Isra'el: "When you enter the land of Kena'an, it will become your land to pass on as an inheritance, the land of Kena'an as defined by these borders.
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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,)
3 "Your southern portion will extend from the Tzin Desert close to the border of Edom. The eastern terminus of your southern border is at the end of the Dead Sea.
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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,
4 From there your border turns, goes south of the 'Akrabbim Ascent and passes on to Tzin. From there it goes south of Kadesh-Barnea, on to Hatzar-Adar, and on to 'Atzmon.
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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:
5 Then the border turns and goes from 'Atzmon to the Vadi of Egypt and along it to the Sea.
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And from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.
6 "Your western border will be the Great Sea.
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And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.
7 "Your northern border will be as follows: from the Great Sea mark a line to Mount Hor,
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And your limit on the north will be the line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor:
8 and from Mount Hor mark a line to the entrance of Hamat. The border goes out to Tz'dad.
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And from Mount Hor the line will go in the direction of Hamath; the farthest point of it will be at Zedad:
9 Then the border goes to Zifron and finally to Hatzar-'Einan; this is your northern border.
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And the limit will go on to Ziphron, with its farthest point at Hazar-enan: this will be your limit on the north.
10 "For the eastern border mark your line from Hatzar-'Enan to Sh'fam.
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And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
11 Then the border goes down from Sh'fam to Rivlah, on the east side of 'Ayin, then down until it hits the slope east of Lake Kinneret.
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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:
12 From there it goes down the Yarden River till it flows into the Dead Sea. These will be the borders of your land."
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And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
13 Moshe gave this order to the people of Isra'el: "This is the land in which you will receive inheritances by lot, which ADONAI has ordered to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
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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:
14 The tribe of the descendants of Re'uven have already received their land for inheritance according to their clans, and so have the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe of M'nasheh.
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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:
15 These two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Yarden, across from Yericho and eastward, toward the sunrise."
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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.
16 ADONAI said to Moshe,
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And the Lord said to Moses,
17 "These are the names of the men who will take possession of the land for you: El'azar the cohen and Y'hoshua the son of Nun.
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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.
18 Also appoint one leader from each tribe to take possession of the land.
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And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.
19 The names of these men are: from the tribe of Y'hudah, Kalev the son of Y'funeh;
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And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
20 from the tribe of the descendants of Shim'on, Sh'mu'el the son of 'Ammihud;
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And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel, the son of Ammihud.
21 from the tribe of Binyamin, Elidad the son of Kislon;
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, the son of Chislon.
22 from the tribe of the descendants of Dan, a leader, Buki the son of Yogli;
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And of the tribe of the children of Dan, a chief, Bukki, the son of Jogli.
23 from the descendants of Yosef: from the tribe of the descendants of M'nasheh, a leader, Hani'el the son of Efod;
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Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a chief, Hanniel, the son of Ephod:
24 from the tribe of the descendants of Efrayim, a leader, K'mu'el the son of Shiftan;
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And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
25 from the tribe of the descendants of Z'vulun, a leader, Elitzafan the son of Parnakh;
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And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.
26 from the tribe of the descendants of Yissakhar, a leader, Palti'el the son of 'Azan;
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And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.
27 from the tribe of the descendants of Asher, a leader, Achihud the son of Shlomi;
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And of the tribe of the children of Asher, a chief, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.
28 from the tribe of the descendants of Naftali, a leader, P'dah'el the son of 'Ammihud."
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And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.
29 These are the ones whom ADONAI ordered to divide the inheritance among the people of Isra'el in the land of Kena'an.
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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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