13 The master Yahweh says that this will be the way that you divide the land up for Yisrael’s twelve tribes: Yosef (Joseph) will have a double allocation. 14 You’re to equally divide the land that I took action to give to your ancestors—from now on that land will come to you Israelis as an inheritance.

15 These will be the land boundaries: On the north side, it’ll extend from the Mediterranean Sea east along the road towards Hetlon, and then on to Tsedad, 16 to Berotah, and then on to Sivrayim, which is on the border between Damascus and Hamat. The boundary will run as far as Hatser-Hattikon, which is on the border of the Havran region. 17 So the boundary will extend from the Mediterranean Sea to Hatsar-Enan on the border between Hamat to the north and Damascus to the south. That’ll be the northern boundary.

18 On the eastern side, the boundary will extend between Havran and Damascus, south along the Yordan River between the Gilead region and Yisrael’s territory, along the Dead Sea as far as Tamar.[fn] That’ll be the eastern boundary.

19 On the southern side, the boundary will extend from Tamar to the springs near Merivat-Kadesh. Then it’ll extend west along the brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. That’ll be the southern boundary.

20 On the western side, the boundary will be the Mediterranean Sea, north to a point near Levo-Hamat.

21 This is how you’ll divide this land for yourselves among Yisrael’s tribes: 22 You must assign the land as a permanent possession for yourselves and also for any foreigners who are living and raising their children among you. You must consider them to be like native born Israelis, and they must be assigned land among Yisrael’s tribes. 23 Wherever foreigners are living, you must give them some land to belong to them permanently. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.”