13 So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “(A)This is the land that you are to possess by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

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16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 (A)These are the names of the men who shall assign the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And you shall take one leader of each tribe to assign the land as an inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men: of the tribe of (B)Judah, (C)Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 Of the tribe of the sons of (D)Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of (E)Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And of the tribe of the sons of Dan, a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 Of the tribe of the sons of Asher, a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” 29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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(A)When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of [a]mankind,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
(B)According to the number of the [b]sons of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8 Or Adam
  2. Deuteronomy 32:8 As in MT; DSS sons of God; LXX angels of God

Provide for yourselves three men from [a]each tribe so that I may send them, and that they may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance; then they shall [b]return to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:4 Lit the
  2. Joshua 18:4 Lit come

10 (A)Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua divided the land for the sons of Israel according to their divisions.

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