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Numbers 34

Leaders are appointed from each tribe to oversee the land distribution.

NumbersChapter 34 of 3629 versesBerean Standard Bible

In this passage: MosesIsraelCanaanSalt Sea

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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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Cross-references for Numbers 34

  • Numbers 34:2Genesis 17:8

    “And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.””

  • Numbers 34:2Psalm 105:11

    ““I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.””

  • Numbers 34:5Joshua 15:4

    “It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.”

  • Numbers 34:11Deuteronomy 3:17

    “The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.”

  • Numbers 34:112 Kings 23:33

    “And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.”

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