Numbers 34
New English Translation
The Southern Border of the Land
34 [a] Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Give these instructions[b] to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance,[c] the land of Canaan with its borders, 3 your southern border[d] will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, 4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent,[e] continue to Zin, and then its direction[f] will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Stream of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.[g]
The Western Border of the Land
6 “‘And for a western border[h] you will have the Great Sea.[i] This will be your western border.
The Northern Border of the Land
7 “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath,[j] and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.
The Eastern Border of the Land
10 “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Kinnereth.[k] 12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River[l] and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”
13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land that you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given[m] to the nine-and-a-half tribes, 14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families,[n] the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. 15 The two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
Appointed Officials
16 The Lord said to Moses: 17 “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance:[o] Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18 You must take one leader from every[p] tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.[q] 19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20 from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon; 22 and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli. 23 From the Josephites, Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh; 24 from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; 25 from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach; 26 from the tribe of the Issacharites, a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan; 27 from the tribe of the Asherites, a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi; 28 and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud.” 29 These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
Footnotes
- Numbers 34:1 sn This chapter falls into several sections: the south (vv. 1-5), the west (v. 6), the north (vv. 7-9), the east (vv. 10-15), and then a list of appointed officials (vv. 16-29).
- Numbers 34:2 tn Or “command.”
- Numbers 34:2 tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”
- Numbers 34:3 tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.
- Numbers 34:4 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [ʿaqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
- Numbers 34:4 tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.
- Numbers 34:5 sn That is, the Mediterranean.
- Numbers 34:6 tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.
- Numbers 34:6 sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).
- Numbers 34:8 tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”
- Numbers 34:11 tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”sn The word means “harp.” The lake (or sea) of Galilee was so named because it is shaped somewhat like a harp.
- Numbers 34:12 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Numbers 34:13 tn The infinitive forms the direct object of what the Lord commanded. It actually means “to give,” but without an expressed subject may be made passive.
- Numbers 34:14 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also a little later in this verse.
- Numbers 34:17 tn The verb can be translated simply as “divide,” but it has more the idea of allocate as an inheritance, the related noun being “inheritance.”
- Numbers 34:18 tn This sense is created by repetition: “one leader, one leader from the tribe.”
- Numbers 34:18 tn The sentence simply uses לִנְחֹל (linkhol, “to divide, apportion”). It has been taken already to mean “allocate as an inheritance.” Here “assist” may be added since Joshua and Eleazar had the primary work.
民数记 34
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
迦南地的境界
34 耶和华对摩西说： 2 “你要吩咐以色列人说：‘你们进了迦南地的时候，归你们作产业的迦南地及它的四境就是以下这些地区。 3 你们南面的地区要从寻的旷野，贴着以东边界；你们的南界要从盐海东面的尽头起； 4 你们的边界要转到亚克拉滨坡的南边，经过寻，直达加低斯．巴尼亚的南边，又出到哈萨．亚达，过到押们； 5 你们的边界要从押们转到埃及河，直达到海。
6 “‘西界方面，你们有大海和海岸；这要作你们的西界。
7 “‘你们的北界如下：从大海起画界，直到何珥山； 8 从何珥山起画界，直到哈马口，使边界直到西达达； 9 这边界再伸到西斐仑，直到哈萨．以难；这要作你们的北界。
10 “‘你们要从哈萨．以难，画到示番为东界。 11 这边界要从示番下到亚延东面的利比拉；这边界要继续伸展直达基尼烈湖的东边。 12 这边界要下到约旦河，直到盐海。这要作你们的土地四周的边界。’”
13 摩西吩咐以色列人说：“这就是你们要抽签承受为业之地，是耶和华吩咐给九个半支派的； 14 因为流本子孙的支派和迦得子孙的支派，按着父家已经取得了产业，玛拿西的半个支派也取得了产业； 15 这两个半支派已经在耶利哥对面，约旦河东岸，向日出之地得了产业。”
监管分地的人员
16 耶和华对摩西说： 17 “这是要把地业分配给你们的人的名字：以利亚撒祭司和嫩的儿子约书亚。 18 你们又要从每支派中选出一个领袖，来帮助分配地业。 19 这些人的名字是：犹大支派有耶孚尼的儿子迦勒。 20 西缅子孙的支派有亚米忽的儿子示母利。 21 便雅悯支派有基斯伦的儿子以利达。 22 但子孙的支派有一个领袖，是约利的儿子布基。 23 约瑟的后裔，玛拿西子孙的支派有一个领袖，是以弗的儿子汉聂。 24 以法莲子孙的支派有一个领袖，是拾弗但的儿子基母利。 25 西布伦子孙的支派有一个领袖，是帕纳的儿子以利撒番。 26 以萨迦子孙的支派有一个领袖，是阿散的儿子帕铁。 27 亚设子孙的支派有一个领袖，是示罗米的儿子亚希忽。 28 拿弗他利子孙的支派有一个领袖，是亚米忽的儿子比大黑。” 29 这些人，就是耶和华所吩咐，把产业分给迦南地的以色列人的。
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