BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND (NUM.34)
Then the Yahusha said to Moses, “Give these instructions to the Yisharalites: When you come into the land of Canaan, which I’m giving you as your special possession, these will be the boundaries. The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea. It will then run south past Scorpion Pass in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-Barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-Addar, and on to Azmon. From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the Brook of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea. Your western boundary will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. Your northern boundary will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and run east to Mount Hor, then to Lebo-Hamath, and on through Zedad and Ziphron to Hazar-Enan. This will be your northern boundary. The eastern boundary will start at Hazar-Enan and run south to Shepham, then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee, and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”
Then Moses told the Yisharalites, “This territory is the homeland you are to divide among yourselves by sacred lot. Yahuah has instructed that the land be divided among the nine and a half remaining tribes. The families of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their grants of land on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho toward the sunrise.”
LEADERS TO DIVIDE THE LAND
And Yahusha said to Moses, “Eleazar and Joshua are the men designated to divide the grants of land among the people. Enlist one leader from each tribe to help them with the task. These are the tribes and the names of the leaders:
