34:1¹ Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 34:2 “Give these instructions² to the Israelites, and say to them: “When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance,³ even the land of Canaan with its borders, 34:3 Your southern border⁴ will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border; and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, 34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Ascent of Arrabim, continue to Zin, and then its direction⁵ will be from the south to Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 34:5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.

34:6 And for a western border⁶ you will have the great Sea⁷ as a border. This will be your western border.

34:7 And this will be your northern border: from the great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to the entrance to Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 34:9 And the border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

34:10 For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 34:11 And the border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth.⁸ 34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.”

34:13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites, saying, “This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given⁹ to the nine and a half tribes, 34:14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, and the tribe of the Gadites by their families have received their inheritance,¹⁰ and half of the tribe of Manasseh has received their inheritance. 34:15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.

34:16 And the LORD said to Moses, saying, 34:17 “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance:¹¹ Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 34:18 And you must take one leader from every¹² tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.¹³ 34:19 And these are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 34:20 from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; 34:21 f rom the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son the Chislon; 34:22 and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli.

34:23 From the Josephites, Hanniel the son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh; 34:24 and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; 34:25 and from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; 34:26 and from the tribe of the Issacharites, a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan; 34:27 and from the tribe of the Asherites, a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; 34:28 and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leaders, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 34:29. These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.