34 Then Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses), 2 “Tell the people that you’re all about to enter Kena’an (Canaan)—the land that will become your inheritance. The boundaries will be:

3 “The southern border will extend from the Tsin (Zin) wilderness along the Edom border across to the Salt (Dead) Sea on the east, 4 cross south of the Scorpion Pass, continue to Tsin, and go south of Kadesh-Barnea. Then it will go on to Hatsar-Adar and proceed to Atsmon, 5 From Atsmon it will extend west to the riverbed at the border with Mitsrayim (Egypt), and then across to the Mediterranean Sea.

6 “The western border will be the Mediterranean sea.

7 “The northern border will start at the Mediterranean sea and extend west to Mt. Hor, 8 and then on to Levo-Hamat and onward to Tsedad. 9 From there the border will extend to Zifron, and it will end at Hatsar-Eynan, completing the northern border.

10 “The eastern border will begin at Hatsar-Eynan and extend south to Shefam, 11 then go downhill to Rivlah east of Ayin, then along the hills to the east of Lake Kineret. 12 Then the border will extend south along the Yarden (Jordan) River and end at the Salt (Dead) Sea.

“Those will be your country’s borders.”

13 Then Mosheh (Moses) continued, “That will be the land that must be distributed by lot. It’ll be given by Yahweh as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the Menasheh (Manasseh) half-tribe[ref] 14 as the Re’uven and Gad tribes and the Menasheh half-tribe have already received their inheritance. 15 Yes, the other two and a half tribes have taken up their inheritance on the eastern side of the Yarden river across from Yeriho (Jericho).