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1 The LORD said to Moses,
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ADONAI told Moshe
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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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.
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 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.
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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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.
5 where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
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Then the border turns and goes from 'Atzmon to the Vadi of Egypt and along it to the 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 Great Sea.
7 “ ‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor
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"Your northern border will be as follows: from the Great Sea mark a line to Mount Hor,
8 and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,
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and from Mount Hor mark a line to the entrance of Hamat. The border goes out to Tz'dad.
9 continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
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Then the border goes to Zifron and finally to Hatzar-'Einan; this is your northern border.
10 “ ‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
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"For the eastern border mark your line from Hatzar-'Enan to Sh'fam.
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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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.
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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From there it goes down the Yarden River till it flows into the Dead Sea. These will be the borders of your land."
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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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.
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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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.
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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These two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Yarden, across from Yericho and eastward, toward the sunrise."
16 The LORD said to Moses,
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ADONAI said to Moshe,
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 take possession of the land for you: El'azar the cohen and Y'hoshua the son of Nun.
18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help assign the land.
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Also appoint one leader from each tribe to take possession of the land.
19 These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
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The names of these men are: from the tribe of Y'hudah, Kalev the son of Y'funeh;
20 Shemuel son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Simeon;
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from the tribe of the descendants of Shim'on, Sh'mu'el the son of 'Ammihud;
21 Elidad son of Kislon, from the tribe of Benjamin;
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from the tribe of Binyamin, Elidad the son of Kislon;
22 Bukki son of Jogli, the leader from the tribe of Dan;
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from the tribe of the descendants of Dan, a leader, Buki the son of Yogli;
23 Hanniel son of Ephod, the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
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from the descendants of Yosef: from the tribe of the descendants of M'nasheh, a leader, Hani'el the son of Efod;
24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;
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from the tribe of the descendants of Efrayim, a leader, K'mu'el the son of Shiftan;
25 Elizaphan son of Parnak, the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
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from the tribe of the descendants of Z'vulun, a leader, Elitzafan the son of Parnakh;
26 Paltiel son of Azzan, the leader from the tribe of Issachar;
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from the tribe of the descendants of Yissakhar, a leader, Palti'el the son of 'Azan;
27 Ahihud son of Shelomi, the leader from the tribe of Asher;
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from the tribe of the descendants of Asher, a leader, Achihud the son of Shlomi;
28 Pedahel son of Ammihud, the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”
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from the tribe of the descendants of Naftali, a leader, P'dah'el the son of 'Ammihud."
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 ADONAI ordered to divide the inheritance among the people of Isra'el in the land of Kena'an.
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