Numbers 34 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Instruction for Apportioning Canaan

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Num 34:2“Command the Israelites, ‘When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall be yours as an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries,

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Num 34:3your southern region shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt (Dead) Sea eastward.

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Num 34:4‘Your boundary shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and continue on to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon.

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Num 34:5‘Then the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-arish), and its limit shall be at the [Mediterranean] Sea.

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‘As the western boundary you shall have the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and its coastline. This shall be your western boundary.

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‘And this shall be your north border: from the Great [Mediterranean] Sea mark out your boundary line to [fn]Mount Hor;

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Num 34:8from Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at Zedad;

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Num 34:9then the [northern] boundary shall go on to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern boundary.

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‘You shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

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Num 34:11the [eastern] boundary shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and shall descend and reach to the [fn]slope on the east of the Sea of Chinnereth [the Sea of Galilee];

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Num 34:12and the [eastern] boundary shall go down to the Jordan [River], and its limit shall be at the Salt (Dead) Sea. This shall be your land according to its boundaries all around.’”

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So Moses commanded the Israelites, saying, “This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe [of Manasseh],

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Num 34:14for the tribe of the sons of Reuben and the tribe of the sons of Gad have received their inheritance by their fathers’ households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.

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Num 34:15“The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan [River] opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise.”

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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Num 34:17“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Num 34:18“You shall take one leader from every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance.

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Num 34:19“These are the names of the men: From the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

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Num 34:20from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;

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Num 34:21from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;

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Num 34:22from the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli;

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Num 34:23of the sons of Joseph: from the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod;

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Num 34:24from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;

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Num 34:25from the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach;

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Num 34:26from the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan;

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Num 34:27from the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;

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Num 34:28from the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

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Num 34:29These are the [twelve] men whom the LORD commanded [to work with Joshua and Eleazar] to divide the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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AMP Footnotes

(34:7)

This is not the Mount Hor of 33:38-39--the place where Aaron died. This Mount Hor is in the area of Upper Galilee.

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Lit shoulder.

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