¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land¹ that shall fall unto you for an inheritance², even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Then your south quarter³ shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward⁴:

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim⁵, and pass on to Zin⁶: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea⁷, and shall go on to Hazaraddar⁸, and pass on to Azmon:

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river⁹ of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea¹⁰.

¹¹And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

And this shall be your north border¹²: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor¹³:

From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance¹⁴ of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan¹⁵: this shall be your north border.

¶ And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah¹⁶, on the east side¹⁷ of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea²¹: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land²² which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

²³For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

The two tribes²⁴ and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan²⁵ near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

These are the names²⁶ of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar²⁷ the priest, and Joshua²⁸ the son of Nun.

²⁹And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb³⁰ the son of Jephunneh.

¶ And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

³¹These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.