Numbers 34:13

So Moses/I told all that to the Israeli people. Then he/I said to them, “That is the land that you will receive. You must throw ◄lots/stones that have been marked► to decide which area will go to each of the nine and a half tribes, because Yahweh has commanded that it should be divided among them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

In Context

12Then the border will extend south along the Jordan River and end at the Dead Sea. Those will be the borders around your country.”

14The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received the land in which they will live.

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Cross References

Joshua 13:7Divide all that land among the nine Israeli tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh, the tribes that do not have land on the east side of the Jordan River.”

Matthew Henry on Numbers 34:2-16

The Boundaries of Canaan. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of… Read the whole commentary →

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