1The Lord told Moses,

2“Give this command to the Israelites: When you enter the country of Canaan, it will be allocated to you to own with the following boundaries: ⁵⁹

3The southern extent of your country will be from the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern border will run east from the end of the Dead Sea,

4cross south of Scorpion Pass, on to Zin, and reach its southern limit south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go to Hazar-addar and on to Azmon.

5There the boundary will turn from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, ⁶⁰ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

6Your western border will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This is to be your boundary to the west.

7Your northern border will run from the Mediterranean Sea straight to Mount Hor.

8From Mount Hor the boundary will go to Lebo-hamath, then on to Zedad,

9to Ziphron, ending at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary to the north.

10Your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham

11Then the boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. It will pass down along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.

12Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan, ending at the Dead Sea. This is to be your land with its surrounding borders.”

13Moses gave the order to the Israelites, “Allocate ownership of this land by lot. The Lord has commanded it to be given to the nine and a half tribes.

14The tribes of Reuben and Gad, together with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their allocation.

15These two and a half tribes have received their allocation on the east side of the Jordan opposite Jericho.”

16The Lord told Moses,

17“These are the names of the men who will be in charge of allocating ownership of the land for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, son of Nun.

18Have one leader from each tribe help in the distribution of the land.

19These are their names: From the tribe of Judah: Caleb, son of Jephunneh.

20From the tribe of Simeon: Shemuel, son of Ammihud.

21From the tribe of Benjamin: Elidad, son of Chislon.

22A leader from the tribe of Dan: Bukki, son of Jogli.

23A leader from the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph: Hanniel son of Ephod.

24A leader from the tribe of Ephraim: Kemuel, son of Shiphtan.

25A leader from the tribe of Zebulun: Eli-zaphan, son of Parnach.

26A leader from the tribe of Issachar: Paltiel, son of Azzan.

27A leader from the tribe of Asher: Ahihud, son of Shelomi.

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

29These are the names of those the Lord put in charge of allocating land ownership in the country of Canaan.