Numbers 34:1-5
1 ▼ Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 2“Give these instructions ▼▼ Or “command.”
to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, ▼▼ Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”
the land of Canaan with its borders, 3your southern border ▼▼ The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.
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, 4and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, ▼▼ Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
continue to Zin, and then its direction ▼▼ Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.
will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 5There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ▼▼ That is, the Mediterranean.
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