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Text -- Numbers 34:12-29 (NET)
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34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River and its direction will be to the Salt Sea . This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”
34:13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites : “This is the land which you will inherit by lot , which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes ,
34:14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families , the tribe of the Gadites by their families , and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance .
34:15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan , east of Jericho , toward the sunrise .”
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34:16 The Lord said to Moses :
34:17 “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun .
34:18 You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance .
34:19 These are the names of the men : from the tribe of Judah , Caleb son of Jephunneh ;
34:20 from the tribe of the Simeonites , Shemuel son of Ammihud ;
34:21 from the tribe of Benjamin , Elidad son of Kislon ;
34:22 and from the tribe of the Danites , a leader , Bukki son of Jogli .
34:23 From the Josephites , Hanniel son of Ephod , a leader from the tribe of Manasseh ;
34:24 from the tribe of the Ephraimites , a leader , Kemuel son of Shiphtan ;
34:25 from the tribe of the Zebulunites , a leader , Elizaphan son of Parnach ;
34:26 from the tribe of the Issacharites , a leader , Paltiel son of Azzan ;
34:27 from the tribe of the Asherites , a leader , Ahihud son of Shelomi ;
34:28 and from the tribe of the Naphtalites , a leader , Pedahel son of Ammihud .”
34:29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan .
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NET Notes: Num 34:12 The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Num 34:13 The infinitive forms the direct object of what the Lord commanded. It actually means “to give,” but without an expressed subject may be ma...
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NET Notes: Num 34:15 For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
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NET Notes: Num 34:17 The verb can be translated simply as “divide,” but it has more the idea of allocate as an inheritance, the related noun being “inher...
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