Numbers 34)
1: And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2: “Command the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you all come into the land of Canaan (after the final command [above] follow instructions as to the quiet possession of the lad thus cleared of enemies); {this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the borders thereof:}
3: Then your south quarter (cp. Josh. 15:1. Begins at east corner) 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 eastward (so v.12):
4: And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim (= Maaleh-akrabbim, Josh. 15:3 = the ascent of scorpions. Cp. Deut. 8:15), and pass on to Zin: and the ascending thereof (cp. Josh. 15:3) shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar (= village of the mighty one), and pass on to Azmon (= strong):
5: And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon to the wady of Egypt (Heb. nachal; not nahar, a river. Here used of "Sihor", and called the river of Egypt. Cp. Gen. 15:18, where it is nahar = the Nile), and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
6: And as for the western border, you all shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
7: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea (i.e. the Mediterranean, a modern name for the Great Sea) you all shall mark out (or claim, Heb. tâ’âh, occ. only here) for you mount Hor (not the mont Hor where Aaron died, which was in the south corner of Edom [33:37,38], but another, in the north, mount Hermon, a spur of Lebanon [Josh. 13:5]. Hermon had several names. Cp. Deut. 3:9; 4:48):
8: From mount Hor you all shall mark out your border unto the entrance of Hamath (= fortress. In Amos 6:2 called "Hamath the great", mentioned as in the north border); and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad (= mountain side):
9: And the border shall go on to Ziphron (= fragrance), and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan (= village of fountains): this shall be your north border.
10: And you all shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham (fruitful):
11: And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah (= fertility. A city in Hamath, where God executed His judgment on 2 kings of Judah and others [2 Kings 23:33; 25:6,20,21. Jer. 39:5,6), on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward (= circuit, cp. Josh. 12:3; 13:27. In the New Testament "the sea of Galilee" and "sea of Tiberias" [John 6:1]; also "the Lake Gennesaret" [Luke 5:1]):
12: And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the borders thereof round about.’ ”
13: And Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you all shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
14: For the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to the house of their fathers (cp.32:33. Josh. 14:2,3), and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
15: The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.”
16: And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17: “These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you (cp. 13:2-6. Eastern tribes omitted): Eleazar the priest (because he was the high priest, and had the breastplate with the lots, the "urim and Thummim". See Ex. 28:30 and Num. 26:55. Josh. 17:4. See also Num. 27:21), and Joshua the son of Nun.
18: And you all shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
19: And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh (the only one of the spies, beside Joshua, left, cp. 13:6,30, and cp. 14:24. Josh. 14:6 &c.).
20: And of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21: Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23: The prince of the sos of Joseph, for the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
26: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28: And the prince of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29: These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.