Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 The Lord gave Moses
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 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.
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Command the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders of it),
3 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.
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then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
4 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,
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and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;
5 where it will turn toward the valley at the border of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean.
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and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
6 "The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea.
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For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.
7 "The northern border will follow a line from the Mediterranean to Mount Hor
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This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you Mount Hor;
8 and from there to Hamath Pass. It will continue to Zedad
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from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
9 and to Ziphron, and will end at Hazar Enan.
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and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
10 "The eastern border will follow a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
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You shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
11 It will then go south to Harbel, east of Ain, and on to the hills on the eastern shore of Lake Galilee,
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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 shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;
12 then south along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. "These will be the four borders of your land."
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and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders of it round about.
13 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.
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Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
14 The tribes of Reuben and Gad and the eastern half of Manasseh have received their property, divided according to their families,
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for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
15 on the eastern side of the Jordan, opposite Jericho."
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the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.
16 The Lord said to Moses,
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
17 "Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun will divide the land for the people.
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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 Take also one leader from each tribe to help them divide it."
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You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
19 These are the men the Lord chose:
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These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
29 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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These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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