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1 The LORD said to Moses,
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The LORD said to Moses:
2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:
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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:
3 “ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,
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Your southern boundary extends from the Zin desert alongside Edom. Your southern border extends from the edge of the Dead Sea on the east.
4 cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,
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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.
5 where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
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The border will then turn from Azmon to the Egypt ravine. Its limit will be at the Mediterranean Sea.
6 “ ‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.
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Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your western border.
7 “ ‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor
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This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea you will mark out your boundary to Mount Hor.
8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,
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From Mount Hor you will mark out your boundary to Lebo-hamath. The limit of the border will be Zedad.
9 continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
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The border will go out to Ziphron. Its limit will be Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.
10 “ ‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
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You will mark out your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.
11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.
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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.
12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. “ ‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’ ”
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The border will descend to the Jordan. Its limit will be the Dead Sea.
13 Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has ordered that it be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes,
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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,
14 because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
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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.
15 These two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
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The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance across the Jordan at Jericho toward the east.
16 The LORD said to Moses,
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The LORD spoke to Moses:
17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
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These are the names of the men who will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun's son.
18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help assign the land.
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You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land.
19 These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
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These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh's son;
20 Shemuel son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Simeon;
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from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel, Ammihud's son;
21 Elidad son of Kislon, from the tribe of Benjamin;
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from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, Chislon's son;
22 Bukki son of Jogli, the leader from the tribe of Dan;
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from the tribe of the Danites, a chief, Bukki, Jogli's son;
23 Hanniel son of Ephod, the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
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from Joseph's descendants: of the tribe of the Manassites, a chief, Hanniel, Ephod's son;
24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;
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and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a chief, Kemuel, Shiphtan's son;
25 Elizaphan son of Parnak, the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
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from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a chief, Elizaphan, Parnach's son;
26 Paltiel son of Azzan, the leader from the tribe of Issachar;
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from the tribe of the Issacharites, a chief, Paltiel, Azzan's son;
27 Ahihud son of Shelomi, the leader from the tribe of Asher;
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from the tribe of the Asherites, a chief, Ahihud, Shelomi's son;
28 Pedahel son of Ammihud, the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”
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from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a chief, Pedahel, Ammihud's son.
29 These are the men the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance of the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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