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Numbers 34:11Then the Lord spoke to Moses:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:22“Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:33your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:44and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, continue to Zin, and then its direction will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:55There the border will turn from Azmon to the Stream of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:66“‘And for a western border you will have the Great Sea. This will be your western border.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:77“‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:88from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:99The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1010“‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1111The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Kinnereth.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1212Then the border will continue down the Jordan River and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1313Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1414because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1515The two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1616The Lord said to Moses:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1717“These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1818You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:1919These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2020from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2121from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2222and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2323From the Josephites, Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2424from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2525from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2626from the tribe of the Issacharites, a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2727from the tribe of the Asherites, a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2828and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Numbers 34:2929These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
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