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1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the Lord said to Moses,
2 Command the Israelites, 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, defined by its boundaries),
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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 south sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom. Your southern boundary shall begin from the end of the Dead Sea on the east;
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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 your boundary shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its outer limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar-addar, and cross to Azmon;
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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 the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the Sea.
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And from Azmon it will go round to the stream of Egypt as far as the sea.
6 For the western boundary, you shall have the Great Sea and its coast; this shall be your western boundary.
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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 This shall be your northern boundary: from the Great Sea you shall mark out your 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 from Mount Hor you shall mark it out to Lebo-hamath, and the outer limit of the boundary shall be at Zedad;
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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 boundary shall extend to Ziphron, and its end shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your northern boundary.
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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 You shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
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And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
11 and the boundary shall continue down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the boundary shall go down, and reach the eastern slope of the sea of Chinnereth;
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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 and the boundary shall go down to the Jordan, and its end shall be at the Dead Sea. This shall be your land with its boundaries all around.
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And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
13 Moses commanded the Israelites, 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;
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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 for the tribe of the Reubenites by their ancestral houses and the tribe of the Gadites by their ancestral houses have taken their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh;
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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 the two tribes and the half-tribe have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho 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 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the Lord said to Moses,
17 These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: the priest Eleazar and Joshua 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 You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance.
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And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.
19 These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
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And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
20 Of the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud.
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And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel, the son of Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon.
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, the son of Chislon.
22 Of the tribe of the Danites a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.
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And of the tribe of the children of Dan, a chief, Bukki, the son of Jogli.
23 Of the Josephites: of the tribe of the Manassites a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod,
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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 and of the tribe of the Ephraimites a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.
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And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
25 Of the tribe of the Zebulunites a leader, Eli-zaphan son of Parnach.
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And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.
26 Of the tribe of the Issacharites a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan.
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And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.
27 And of the tribe of the Asherites a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi.
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And of the tribe of the children of Asher, a chief, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.
28 Of the tribe of the Naphtalites a leader, Pedahel 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 were the ones whom the Lord commanded to apportion the inheritance for the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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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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