So Mosescommandedthe sonsof Israel,saying,"Thisis the landthat you are to apportionby lotamong you as a possession,whichthe LORDhas commandedto giveto the nineand a halftribes.
On that daythe LORDmadea covenantwith Abram,saying,"To your descendantsI have giventhisland,From the riverof Egyptas faras the greatriver,the riverEuphrates:
"And when you divideby lotthe landfor inheritance,you shall offeran allotmentto the LORD,a holyportionof the land;the lengthshall be the lengthof 25,000[cubits], and the widthshall be 20,000It shall be holywithin allits boundaryroundabout.
"Thereforeyou will havenoone stretchinga measuringlineFor you by lotin the assemblyof the LORD.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
"But the landshall be dividedby lot.They shall receivetheir inheritanceaccording to the namesof the tribesof their fathers.
And the bordershall godownto the Jordanand its terminationshall be at the SaltSea.Thisshall be your landaccording to its bordersallaround.'"
"Everyplaceon whichthe soleof your foottreadsshall be yours; your borderwill be from the wildernessto Lebanon,[and] from the river,the riverEuphrates,as faras the westernsea.
"Nowtherefore, apportionthislandfor an inheritanceto the ninetribesand the half-tribeof Manasseh."
