13 Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot(A) as an inheritance.(B) The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes,

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16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua(A) son of Nun. 18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help(B) assign the land.(C) 19 These are their names:(D)

Caleb(E) son of Jephunneh,

from the tribe of Judah;(F)

20 Shemuel son of Ammihud,

from the tribe of Simeon;(G)

21 Elidad son of Kislon,

from the tribe of Benjamin;(H)

22 Bukki son of Jogli,

the leader from the tribe of Dan;

23 Hanniel son of Ephod,

the leader from the tribe of Manasseh(I) son of Joseph;

24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan,

the leader from the tribe of Ephraim(J) son of Joseph;

25 Elizaphan son of Parnak,

the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;(K)

26 Paltiel son of Azzan,

the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

27 Ahihud son of Shelomi,

the leader from the tribe of Asher;(L)

28 Pedahel son of Ammihud,

the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

29 These are the men the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.(M)

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When the Most High(A) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(B)
he set up boundaries(C) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God

Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it,(A) according to the inheritance of each.(B) Then they will return to me.

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10 Joshua then cast lots(A) for them in Shiloh in the presence(B) of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.(C)

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