The Boundaries of Canaan 1And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
2Commaunde the children of Israel, and say vnto them: When ye come into the lande of Chanaan, this is the lande that shall fall vnto your inheritaunce,
6And let your west quarter be the great sea, let the same sea be your west coast.
7And this shalbe your north quarter: ye shall compasse your border from the great sea, vnto mount Hor.
8And from mount Hor, ye shall describe your border, tyll it come vnto Hemath, & the end of the coast shalbe at Zedada.
9And the coast shall reache out to Ziphron, and go out at Hazar Enan: This shalbe your north quarter.
10And ye shall describe your east quarter from Hazar Enan to Sepham.
11And the coast shall go downe from Sepham to Ribla on the east syde of Ain: And the same border shall descend and go out at the side of the sea of Cenereth eastwarde.
12And then go downe along by Iordane, and leaue at the salt sea: And this shalbe your land, with the coastes therof rounde about.
13And Moyses commaunded the chyldren of Israel, saying: This is the land which ye shal inherite by lot, and which the Lorde commaunded to geue vnto nine tribes and an halfe.
14For the tribe of the chyldren of Ruben, according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the chyldren of Gad accordyng to their fathers householdes, and halfe the tribe of Manasse, haue receaued their inheritaunce.
15Two tribes and an halfe haue receaued their inheritaunce on the other side of Iordane, ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde. Leaders to Divide the Land 16And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
17These are the names of the men which shall deuide the lande vnto you: Eleazar the priest, and Iosuah the sonne of Nun.
18And ye shall take also a Lorde of euery tribe, when ye deuide the lande.
19The names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Iuda, Caleb the sonne of Iephune.
20Of the tribe of the chyldren of Simeon, Semuel the sonne of Amiud.
21Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad the sonne of Cislon.
22Of the tribe of the chyldren of Dan, the lorde Bucki, the sonne of Iogli.
23From among the chyldren of Ioseph, for the tribe of the chyldren of Manasse, the lorde Haniel, the sonne of Ephod.
24Of the tribe of the childre of Ephraim, the lorde Camuel the sonne of Siphtan.
25Of the tribe of the sonnes of Zabulon, the lorde Elisaphan the sonne of Pharnach.
26Of the tribe of the chyldren of Isachar, the lorde Palthiel the sonne of Asan.
27Of the tribe of the sonnes of Aser, the lorde Ahihud the sonne of Salomi.
28Of the tribe of the chyldren of Nephthali, the lorde Pedael, the sonne of Ammihud.
29These are they whom the Lord commaunded to deuide the inheritaunce vnthe chyldren of Israel in the lande of Chanaan. |