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Chapter 34

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Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.

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1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2Command the sons of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan by its borders.

3Your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin, along Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea, eastward.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam hammelach is the Salt Sea. A later name for that water is not printed.

4Your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, cross to Zin, and its outgoing shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. It shall go out to Hazar-addar and cross to Azmon.

Notes (1)

Text
The written consonants are והיה, “and it shall be,” singular. The Masoretic reading is והיו, “and they shall be,” plural, to match the plural word for outgoings. The written singular is printed. Verse 5 writes the plural, and there the plural is printed. Ma’aleh Aqrabbim is the ascent of the scorpions. The name Akrabbim is printed.

5The border shall turn from Azmon to the wadi of Egypt, and its outgoings shall be to the sea.

6As for the west border, the Great Sea shall be your border. This shall be your west border.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam is the sea, and it is also the word for the west. The Great Sea is the western border.

7This shall be your north border. From the Great Sea you shall mark for yourselves Mount Hor.

Notes (1)

Translation
This Mount Hor is the mark on the north. Aaron died on a Mount Hor at the edge of Edom, in 33:37–39. The same name is printed in both places. The two are not identified as one mountain.

8From Mount Hor you shall mark to the entrance of Hamath, and the outgoings of the border shall be toward Zedad.

Notes (1)

Translation
Levo Chamat is “at the entrance of Hamath,” as in 13:21. It can also be read as a place name. The phrase is printed.

9The border shall go out to Ziphron, and its outgoings shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

10You shall mark for yourselves the east border, from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

11The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain. The border shall go down and strike the shoulder of the sea of Kinneret on the east.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam Kinneret is the sea of Kinneret. A later name for that water is not printed. Katef is the shoulder, the side of the water.

12The border shall go down to the Jordan, and its outgoings shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land, by its borders, all around.

13Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

14For the tribe of the sons of the Reubenite, by their fathers’ house, and the tribe of the sons of the Gadite, by their fathers’ house, have taken, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.

Notes (1)

Text
The line says “have taken” twice. The first has no object written. The second says “their inheritance.” Both verbs are printed. Reubenite and Gadite are the forms written here.

15The two tribes and the half-tribe have taken their inheritance from across the Jordan of Jericho, eastward, toward the sunrise.

16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

17These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun.

18You shall take one chief, one chief from a tribe, to apportion the land.

19These are the names of the men. For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.

20For the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud.

21For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon.

22For the tribe of the sons of Dan, a chief, Bukki son of Jogli.

Notes (1)

Text
Nasi, a chief, is written from this verse through verse 28. Verses 19, 20, and 21 do not write it. The word is printed only where it stands.

23For the sons of Joseph, for the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a chief, Hanniel son of Ephod.

24For the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.

25For the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan son of Parnach.

26For the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel son of Azzan.

27For the tribe of the sons of Asher, a chief, Ahihud son of Shelomi.

28For the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel son of Ammihud.

29These are the ones Yahweh commanded to apportion the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Numbers

Chapter 34

A dotted word is a harder one. Point at it, or tap it, for a short definition.

1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2Command the sons of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan by its borders.

3Your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin, along Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea, eastward.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam hammelach is the Salt Sea. A later name for that water is not printed.

4Your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, cross to Zin, and its outgoing shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. It shall go out to Hazar-addar and cross to Azmon.

Notes (1)

Text
The written consonants are והיה, “and it shall be,” singular. The Masoretic reading is והיו, “and they shall be,” plural, to match the plural word for outgoings. The written singular is printed. Verse 5 writes the plural, and there the plural is printed. Ma’aleh Aqrabbim is the ascent of the scorpions. The name Akrabbim is printed.

5The border shall turn from Azmon to the wadi of Egypt, and its outgoings shall be to the sea.

6As for the west border, the Great Sea shall be your border. This shall be your west border.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam is the sea, and it is also the word for the west. The Great Sea is the western border.

7This shall be your north border. From the Great Sea you shall mark for yourselves Mount Hor.

Notes (1)

Translation
This Mount Hor is the mark on the north. Aaron died on a Mount Hor at the edge of Edom, in 33:37–39. The same name is printed in both places. The two are not identified as one mountain.

8From Mount Hor you shall mark to the entrance of Hamath, and the outgoings of the border shall be toward Zedad.

Notes (1)

Translation
Levo Chamat is “at the entrance of Hamath,” as in 13:21. It can also be read as a place name. The phrase is printed.

9The border shall go out to Ziphron, and its outgoings shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

10You shall mark for yourselves the east border, from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

11The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain. The border shall go down and strike the shoulder of the sea of Kinneret on the east.

Notes (1)

Translation
Yam Kinneret is the sea of Kinneret. A later name for that water is not printed. Katef is the shoulder, the side of the water.

12The border shall go down to the Jordan, and its outgoings shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land, by its borders, all around.

13Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

Notes (1)

Text
The line says “have taken” twice. The first has no object written. The second says “their inheritance.” Both verbs are printed. Reubenite and Gadite are the forms written here.

15The two tribes and the half-tribe have taken their inheritance from across the Jordan of Jericho, eastward, toward the sunrise.

16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

17These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun.

18You shall take one chief, one chief from a tribe, to apportion the land.

19These are the names of the men. For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.

20For the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud.

21For the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon.

22For the tribe of the sons of Dan, a chief, Bukki son of Jogli.

Notes (1)

Text
Nasi, a chief, is written from this verse through verse 28. Verses 19, 20, and 21 do not write it. The word is printed only where it stands.

23For the sons of Joseph, for the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a chief, Hanniel son of Ephod.

24For the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel son of Shiphtan.

25For the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan son of Parnach.

26For the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel son of Azzan.

27For the tribe of the sons of Asher, a chief, Ahihud son of Shelomi.

28For the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel son of Ammihud.

29These are the ones Yahweh commanded to apportion the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.