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Numbers 34

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The allotment committee contains two men called sons of Ammihud: Shemuel of Simeon and Pedahel of Naphtali. The chapter offers no family footnote, merely sets them down several names apart, as if the inheritance could tolerate a small genealogical riddle.

A land with an unusually well-described edgevv. 1–15

The LORD gives Moses a border lecture of impressive stamina. The southern line begins by the Wilderness of Zin, brushes the border of Edom, passes the Salt Sea, Akrabbim, Kadesh-barnea, Hazar-addar and Azmon, then reaches the Brook of Egypt and the Sea. The Great Sea serves as the western edge; the northern line runs through Mount Hor, Lebo-hamath, Zedad, Ziphron and Hazar-enan; the eastern line comes back by Shepham, Riblah, Ain, the Sea of Chinnereth, the Jordan and the Salt Sea. Moses then orders the land apportioned by lot to the nine and a half tribes, while two and a half tribes already possess land across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise. The arithmetic is perfectly plain and faintly theatrical.

The men who will divide itvv. 16–29

The LORD names Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun to assign the inheritance, then adds one leader from each tribe. Caleb represents Judah; Shemuel Simeon; Elidad Benjamin; Bukki Dan; Hanniel Manasseh; Kemuel Ephraim; Elizaphan Zebulun; Paltiel Issachar; Ahihud Asher; and Pedahel Naphtali. Two Ammihuds therefore send sons to opposite corners of the list, while the whole panel is gathered for one sober business: apportioning Canaan to Israel.

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Num 34:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
Num 34:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
Num 34:3Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
Num 34:4cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
Num 34:5where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
Num 34:6Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
Num 34:7Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
Num 34:8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
Num 34:9continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
Num 34:10And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,
Num 34:11then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
Num 34:12Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
Num 34:13So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
Num 34:14For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
Num 34:15These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
Num 34:16Then the LORD said to Moses,
Num 34:17“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
Num 34:18Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
Num 34:19These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
Num 34:20 Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;
Num 34:21 Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
Num 34:22 Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;
Num 34:23 Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
Num 34:24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
Num 34:25Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
Num 34:26 Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;
Num 34:27 Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;
Num 34:28and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”
Num 34:29These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

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Where this is echoed

Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 99 passages were voted onto 19 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

2 Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
5 Joshua 15:4It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
11 Deuteronomy 3:17The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
11 2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Psalms 105:11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
3 Genesis 14:3The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
4 Numbers 32:8This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
5 Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
8 Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
11 Joshua 11:2to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
14 Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
17 Joshua 14:1Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
2 Deuteronomy 1:7–8Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
3 Ezekiel 47:13This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
5 1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
5 Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.

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