Numbers

Numbers 34 ©

1 The borders of the land. 16 The names of the men which shall divide the land.

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AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, aWhen ye come into bthe land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the *coasts thereof:)

a ch. 15.2.
b Ge. 12.7; 13.15,17; 15.16-21; 17.8; 26.3; 28.13,14; 35.12; 50.24. He. 4.3. Ps. 16.5,6. Je. 3.19. Ac. 26.18. Ep. 1.14,18. Ex. 3.8.
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Then cyour south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the dsalt sea eastward:

c ch. 20.1; 27.14; 33.36. Jos. 15.1,3-12; 13.3. Ex. 23.31. Ge. 15.18-21. Eze. 47.13-21.
d Ge. 14.3; 19.24,28. Jos. 3.16; 14.2; 15.2. Eze. 47.8,18. v.12.
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And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of eAkrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to fKadesh-barnea, and shall go on to gHazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:

e Jos. 15.3. Ju. 1.36. ch. 20.1; 27.14; 33.36. v.3.
f ch. 13.26; 20.1; 32.8; 33.36.
g Jos. 15.3,4.
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And the border shall fetch a *compass from Azmon unto the hriver of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at ithe sea.

h Ge. 15.18. Jos. 15.4,47. 1Ki. 8.65. Is. 27.12.
i v.6,7.
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And as for jthe western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

j Jos. 1.4; 15.12. Eze. 47.20.
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And this shall be your knorth border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you lmount Hor:

k Jos. 13.5,6. Eze. 47.15-17.
l ch. 33.37.
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From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto mthe entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to nZedad:

m ch. 13.21. Ju. 3.3. 2Ki. 14.25. 2Sa. 8.9. Am. 6.2. Eze. 47.16,17,20.
n Eze. 47.15.
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¶And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at oHazar-enan: this shall be your north border.

o Eze. 47.17. Jos. 19.37.
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And ye shall point out your peast border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:

p Eze. 47.18.
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And the coast shall go down from Shepham to qRiblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the 1side of the rsea of Chinnereth eastward:

q 2Ki. 23.32,33; 25.20,21. Je. 39.5,6; 52.7.
r De. 3.17. Jos. 11.2; 12.3; 19.35. Mat. 14.34. Jn. 6.1.
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And the border shall go down to sJordan, and the goings out of it shall be at tthe salt sea: this shall be your land with the *coasts thereof round about.

s Ge. 13.11. Jos. 3.13. 2Ki. 5.10. Mar. 1.5,9.
t Ge. 14.3; 19.24,28. Jos. 3.16; 14.2. v.3.
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And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, uThis is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

u v.2. Jos. 14.1,2.
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For vthe tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

v ch. 32.33. Jos. 13.8-12; 14.2,3. De. 3.12-17.
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The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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These are wthe names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: xEleazar the priest, yand Joshua the son of Nun.

w ch. 1.5-16; 13.4-16. 1Ch. 27.
x Ex. 6.23,25. Jos. 14.1; 19.51. Ge. 46.11; 15.16.
y Ex. 17.9,10,13. Jos. 12-21. ch. 14.6,38. Ac. 7.45. He. 4.8.
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And ye shall take one zprince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

z ch. 1.4,16.
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And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, aCaleb the son of Jephunneh.

a ch. 13.30; 14.6,26,38. Jos. 14; 15.
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And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

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The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

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These are they bwhom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

b v.17-28. Jos. 19.51.