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Then the LORD said to Moses, |
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“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries: |
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Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, |
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cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon, |
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where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea. |
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Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west. |
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Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor, |
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and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad, |
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continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north. |
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And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham, |
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then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth. |
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Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.” |
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So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes. |
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For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance. |
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These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.” |
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Then the LORD said to Moses, |
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“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. |
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Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. |
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These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah; |
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Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon; |
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Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin; |
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Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan; |
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Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph; |
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Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim; |
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Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun; |
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Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar; |
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Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher; |
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and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.” |
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These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. |
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