Num 34:1-5 | NETfull | STEP | Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Numbers 34:1-5

1 ^{▼▼ 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).} 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, 3 your 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, 4 and 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. 5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ^{▼▼ That is, the Mediterranean.}