The Boundaries of Canaan

(Genesis 15:8–21)

Then the LORD said to Moses 2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:

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• Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,[fn] 4 cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim,[fn] continue to Zin, and go south vvv of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on vvv to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon, 5 where [it] will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.[fn]
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• Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
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• Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor, 8 and from Mount Hor vvv to Lebo-hamath, [then] extend to Zedad, 9 continue to Ziphron, and end vvv at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
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• And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11 [then] go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.[fn] 12 Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea.

This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”

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So Moses commanded the Israelites“{Apportion} this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes. 14 For the tribes of the Reubenites [and] Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance. 15 These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, vvv toward the sunrise.”

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