Numbers 34 - Easy To Read Version

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,

² “Give this command to the people of Israel: You are coming to the land of Canaan. You will defeat this country. You will take the whole land of Canaan.

³ On the south, you will get part of the Zin desert near Edom. Your southern border will start at the southern end of the Dead Sea.

⁴ It will cross south of Scorpion Pass. It will go through the Zin desert to Kadesh Barnea, and then to Hazar Addar and then it will pass through Azmon.

⁵ From Azmon, the border will go to the River of Egypt, [380] and it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.

⁶ Your western border will be the Mediterranean Sea.

⁷ Your northern border will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and go to Mount Hor (in Lebanon).

⁸ From Mount Hor, it will go to Lebo Hamath, and then to Zedad.

⁹ Then that border will go to Ziphron and it will end at Hazar Enan. So that will be your northern border.

¹⁰ Your eastern border will begin at Enan and it will go to Shepham.

¹¹ From Shepham, the border will go east of Ain to Riblah. The border will continue along the hills by Lake Galilee. [381]

¹² Then the border will continue along the Jordan River. It will end at the Dead Sea. Those are the borders around your country.”

¹³ So Moses gave this command to the people of Israel, “That is the land that you will get. You will throw lots [382] to divide the land among the nine family groups and half of Manasseh’s family group.

¹⁴ Reuben’s and Gad’s family groups, and half of Manasseh’s family group have already taken their land.

¹⁵ Those two and a half family groups took the land near Jericho—they took the land east of the Jordan River.”

¹⁶ Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,

¹⁷ “These are the men who will help you divide the land: Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun,

¹⁸ and the leaders of all the family groups. There will be one leader from each family group. Those men will divide the land.

¹⁹ These are the names of the leaders:

²⁰ from Simeon’s family group—Shemuel son of Ammihud;

²¹ from Benjamin’s family group—Elidad son of Kislon;

²² from Dan’s family group—Bukki son of Jogli;

²³ from Joseph’s descendants from Manasseh’s family group—Hanniel son of Ephod;

²⁴ from Ephraim’s family group—Kemuel son of Shiphtan;

²⁵ from Zebulun’s family group—Elizaphan son of Parnach;

²⁶ from Issachar’s family group—Paltiel son of Azzan;

²⁷ from Asher’s family group—Ahihud son of Shelomi;

²⁸ from Naphtali’s family group—Pedahel son of Ammihud.”

²⁹ The Lord chose those men to divide the land of Canaan among the people of Israel.