Exodus 15:17

15:17 You will bring them in ¹  and plant them in the mountain ²  of your inheritance,

in the place you made ³  for your residence, O Lord,

the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

Exodus 21:31

21:31 If the ox ⁴  gores a son or a daughter, the owner ⁵  will be dealt with according to this rule. ⁶ 

Numbers 34:1-29

The Southern Border of the Land

34:1 ⁷ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 34:2 “Give these instructions ⁸  to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, ⁹  the land of Canaan with its borders, 34:3 your southern border ¹⁰  will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, 34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, ¹¹  continue to Zin, and then its direction ¹²  will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 34:5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ¹³ 

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border ¹⁴  you will have the Great Sea. ¹⁵  This will be your western border.

The Northern Border of the Land

34:7 “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, ¹⁶  and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

The Eastern Border of the Land

34:10 “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 34:11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth. ¹⁷  34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River ¹⁸  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 ¹⁹  to the nine and a half tribes, 34:14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, ²⁰  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, ²¹  toward the sunrise.”

Appointed Officials

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: ²²  Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 34:18 You must take one leader from every ²³  tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance. ²⁴  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.

Deuteronomy 32:8

32:8 When the Most High ²⁵  gave the nations their inheritance,

when he divided up humankind, ²⁶ 

he set the boundaries of the peoples,

according to the number of the heavenly assembly. ²⁷ 

Acts 17:26

17:26 From one man ²⁸  he made every nation of the human race ²⁹  to inhabit the entire earth, ³⁰  determining their set times ³¹  and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, ³² 

[15:17]  ¹ tn The verb is imperfect.

[15:17]  ² sn The “mountain” and the “place” would be wherever Yahweh met with his people. It here refers to Canaan, the land promised to the patriarchs.

[15:17]  ³ tn The verb is perfect tense, referring to Yahweh’s previous choice of the holy place.

[21:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “it”; the referent (the ox) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to this judgment it shall be done to him.”

[34:1]  ⁷ sn This chapter falls into several sections: the south (vv. 1-5), the west (v. 6), the north (vv. 7-9), the east (vv. 10-15), and then a list of appointed officials (vv. 16-29).

[34:2]  ⁸ tn Or “command.”

[34:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”

[34:3]  ¹⁰ tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.

[34:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[34:4]  ¹² tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.

[34:5]  ¹³ sn That is, the Mediterranean.

[34:6]  ¹⁴ tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

[34:6]  ¹⁵ sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).

[34:8]  ¹⁶ tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”

[34:11]  ¹⁷ tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”

[34:12]  ¹⁸ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[34:13]  ¹⁹ tn The infinitive forms the direct object of what the Lord commanded. It actually means “to give,” but without an expressed subject may be made passive.

[34:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also a little later in this verse.

[34:15]  ²¹ map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[34:17]  ²² tn The verb can be translated simply as “divide,” but it has more the idea of allocate as an inheritance, the related noun being “inheritance.”

[34:18]  ²³ tn This sense is created by repetition: “one leader, one leader from the tribe.”

[34:18]  ²⁴ tn The sentence simply uses לִנְחֹל (linkhol, “to divide, apportion”). It has been taken already to mean “allocate as an inheritance.” Here “assist” may be added since Joshua and Eleazar had the primary work.

[32:8]  ²⁵ tn The Hebrew term עֶליוֹן (’elyon) is an abbreviated form of the divine name El Elyon, frequently translated “God Most High” (so here NCV, CEV) or something similar. This full name (or epithet) occurs only in Gen 14, though the two elements are parallel in Ps 73:11; 107:11; etc. Here it is clear that Elyon has to do with the nations in general whereas in v. 9, by contrast, Yahweh relates specifically to Israel. See T. Fretheim, NIDOTTE 1:400-401. The title depicts God as the sovereign ruler of the world, who is enthroned high above his dominion.

[32:8]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the sons of man” (so NASB); or “the sons of Adam” (so KJV).

[32:8]  ²⁷ tc Heb “the sons of Israel.” The idea, perhaps, is that Israel was central to Yahweh’s purposes and all other nations were arranged and distributed according to how they related to Israel. See S. R. Driver, Deuteronomy (ICC), 355-56. For the MT יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי (bÿney yisra’el, “sons of Israel”) a Qumran fragment has “sons of God,” while the LXX reads ἀγγέλων θεοῦ (angelwn qeou, “angels of God”), presupposing בְּנֵי אֵל (bÿney ’el) or בְּנֵי אֵלִים (beney ’elim). “Sons of God” is undoubtedly the original reading; the MT and LXX have each interpreted it differently. MT assumes that the expression “sons of God” refers to Israel (cf. Hos. 1:10), while LXX has assumed that the phrase refers to the angelic heavenly assembly (Pss 29:1; 89:6; cf. as well Ps 82). The phrase is also attested in Ugaritic, where it refers to the high god El’s divine assembly. According to the latter view, which is reflected in the translation, the Lord delegated jurisdiction over the nations to his angelic host (cf. Dan. 10:13-21), while reserving for himself Israel, over whom he rules directly. For a defense of the view taken here, see M. S. Heiser, “Deuteronomy 32:8 and the Sons of God,” BSac 158 (2001): 52-74.

[17:26]  ²⁸ sn The one man refers to Adam (the word “man” is understood).

[17:26]  ²⁹ tn Or “mankind.” BDAG 276 s.v. ἔθνος 1 has “every nation of humankind Ac 17:26.”

[17:26]  ³⁰ tn Grk “to live over all the face of the earth.”

[17:26]  ³¹ tn BDAG 884-85 s.v. προστάσσω has “(οἱ) προστεταγμένοι καιροί (the) fixed times Ac 17:26” here, but since the following phrase is also translated “fixed limits,” this would seem redundant in English, so the word “set” has been used instead.

[17:26]  ³² tn Grk “the boundaries of their habitation.” L&N 80.5 has “fixed limits of the places where they would live” for this phrase.