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1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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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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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 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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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 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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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 the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the 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 For the western boundary, you shall have the Great Sea and its coast; this shall be your western boundary.
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Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your western border.
7 This shall be your northern boundary: from the Great Sea you shall mark out your line 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 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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From Mount Hor you will mark out your boundary to Lebo-hamath. The limit of the border will be 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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The border will go out to Ziphron. Its limit will be Hazar-enan. This will be your northern border.
10 You shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
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You will mark out your eastern border 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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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 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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The border will descend to the Jordan. Its limit will be the Dead Sea.
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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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 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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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 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 and a half tribes have taken their inheritance across the Jordan at Jericho toward the east.
16 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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The LORD spoke 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 will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun's son.
18 You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance.
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You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land.
19 These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.
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These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh's son;
20 Of the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud.
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from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel, Ammihud's son;
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon.
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from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, Chislon's son;
22 Of the tribe of the Danites a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.
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from the tribe of the Danites, a chief, Bukki, Jogli's son;
23 Of the Josephites: of the tribe of the Manassites a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod,
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from Joseph's descendants: of the tribe of the Manassites, a chief, Hanniel, Ephod's son;
24 and of the tribe of the Ephraimites a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.
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and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a chief, Kemuel, Shiphtan's son;
25 Of the tribe of the Zebulunites a leader, Eli-zaphan son of Parnach.
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from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a chief, Elizaphan, Parnach's son;
26 Of the tribe of the Issacharites a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan.
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from the tribe of the Issacharites, a chief, Paltiel, Azzan's son;
27 And of the tribe of the Asherites a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi.
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from the tribe of the Asherites, a chief, Ahihud, Shelomi's son;
28 Of the tribe of the Naphtalites a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.
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from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a chief, Pedahel, Ammihud's son.
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 the ones whom the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance of the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
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