The borders of Israel’s possession in Canaan
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 📚“Command the children of Israel, and say to them, When you enter the land of Canaan this is the land that will come to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with these borders: 3 📚your south region will be from the desert of Zin along by the border of Edom, and on the east your southern border will extend from the end of the Salt Sea 📖. 4 📚And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and its extent will be to the south of Kadesh-Barnea, and go on to Hazar-Addar, and pass on to Azmon. 5 📚And the border will change direction from Azmon to the Wadi of Egypt, and extend to the sea. 6 📚“And as for the western border, you will have the Great Sea as a boundary; this will be your western boundary.
7 📚“And this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea you shall draw your boundary to Mount Hor; 8 📚from Mount Hor you shall draw the boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and the boundary will extend to Zedad; 9 📚and the boundary will go on to Ziphron, and it will extend to Hazarenan. This will be your northern border.
10 “And you shall draw your eastern border from Hazarenan to Shepham; 11 📚and the boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the eastern side of Ain; and the border will descend and reach to the eastern shore of the Sea of Kinnereth 📖; 12 📚and the border will go along the Jordan, and extend to the Salt Sea: this will be your land with its surrounding boundaries”.
13 📚And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe; 14 📚for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the households of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the households of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh has received their inheritance. 15 📚The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan opposite Jericho, toward the rising of the sun”.
16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17 📚“These are the names of the men who are to divide the land for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 📚And you shall take one leader from each tribe to divide the land for inheritance.
19 📚“And these are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 20 📚and from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; 21 📚from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon; 22 and the leader of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli; 23 the leader of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod; 24 and the leader of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; 25 and the leader of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; 26 and the leader of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan; 27 and the leader of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; 28 and the leader of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29 📚These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance for the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
34:16-29 So certain it was that Israel would conquer Canaan that the men who would divide the inheritance for the tribes in Canaan were chosen before an acre of ground had been captured. God’s promises will never fail.⚜