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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

"Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, that is, the land of Canaan according to its borders.

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

'Your southern region shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.

Then your 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 salt sea eastward:

'Then your border shall change direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and continue to Zin, and its termination shall be to the south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon.

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

'Then the border shall change direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

'As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your western border.

And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

'And this shall be your northern border: you shall draw your boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

'You shall draw a boundary from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;

From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

'For your eastern border you shall also draw a boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:

and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth.

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

'And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders on all sides.'"

And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you are to possess by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

"For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers' households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.

For the 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:

"The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise."

The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.