The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Numbers 34

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Torah

Numbers chapter 34 — part of the Torah in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:” — the complete text of all 29 verses is below, free to read online.

1And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:

2'Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall be the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof.

3Thus your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin close by the side of Edom, and your south border shall begin at the end of the Salt Sea eastward;

4and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;

5and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the Brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Sea.

6And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border.

7And this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea ye shall mark out your line unto mount Hor;

8from mount Hor ye shall mark out a line unto the entrance to Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;

9and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your north border.

10And ye shall mark out your line for the east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

11and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

12and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea; this shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.'

13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: 'This is the land wherein ye shall receive inheritance by lot, which HaShem hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;

14for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance;

15the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sun-rising.'

16And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:

17'These are the names of the men that shall take possession of the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to take possession of the land.

19And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

20And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

22And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.

23Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod;

24and of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

25And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Eli-zaphan the son of Parnach.

26And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

27And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

28And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

29These are they whom HaShem commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.'

29 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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