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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 34 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/34.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/34-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Numbers 34</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/33.htm" title="Numbers 33">◄</a> Numbers 34 <a href="../numbers/35.htm" title="Numbers 35">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/numbers/34.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Boundaries of Canaan</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“ ‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“ ‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“ ‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Kinnereth">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.</p><p class="reg">“ ‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The <span class="name">Lord</span> has ordered that it be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>These two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And appoint one leader from each tribe to help assign the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>These are their names:</p><div class="outlinelist"><p class="item1">Caleb son of Jephunneh,</p><p class="item2">from the tribe of Judah;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Shemuel son of Ammihud,</p><p class="item2">from the tribe of Simeon;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Elidad son of Kislon,</p><p class="item2">from the tribe of Benjamin;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Bukki son of Jogli,</p><p class="item2">the leader from the tribe of Dan;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Hanniel son of Ephod,</p><p class="item2">the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Kemuel son of Shiphtan,</p><p class="item2">the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Elizaphan son of Parnak,</p><p class="item2">the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Paltiel son of Azzan,</p><p class="item2">the leader from the tribe of Issachar;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Ahihud son of Shelomi,</p><p class="item2">the leader from the tribe of Asher;</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Pedahel son of Ammihud,</p><p class="item2">the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”</p></div> <p class="pconclusion"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/34-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>These are the men the <span class="name">Lord</span> commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Kinnereth</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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