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3“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern boundary will start from the end of the Salt Sea,That is, the Dead Sea; also in verse 124cross south of ScorpionHebrew Akrabbim Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,5where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Sea.That is, the Mediterranean; also in verses 6 and

6“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.

7“‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor

10“‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.11The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Kinnereth.That is, Galilee12Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea.
“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

13Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes,14because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.15These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan of Jericho,Jordan of Jericho was possibly an ancient name for the Jordan River. toward the sunrise.”

16The LORD said to Moses,17“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.18And appoint one leader from each tribe to help assign the land.19These are their names:
Caleb son of Jephunneh,
from the tribe of Judah;

20Shemuel son of Ammihud,
from the tribe of Simeon;

21Elidad son of Kislon,
from the tribe of Benjamin;

22Bukki son of Jogli,
the leader from the tribe of Dan;

23Hanniel son of Ephod,
the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;

24Kemuel son of Shiphtan,
the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;

25Elizaphan son of Parnach,
the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;

26Paltiel son of Azzan,
the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

27Ahihud son of Shelomi,
the leader from the tribe of Asher;

28Pedahel son of Ammihud,
the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

29These are the men the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.