Context 3Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. 4Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and continue to Zin, and its termination shall be to the south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon. 5The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea. 6As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border. 7And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. 8You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad; 9and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border. 10For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham, 11and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth. 12And the border shall go down to the Jordan and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around. 13So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, This is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes. 14For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession. 15The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising. 16Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance. 19These are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20Of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud. 21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27Of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29These are those whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan. Parallel Verses American Standard Versionthen your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; Douay-Rheims Bible The south side shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is by Edom: and shall have the most salt sea for its furthest limits eastward: Darby Bible Translation Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward; English Revised Version then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward: Webster's Bible Translation Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the border of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: World English Bible then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; Young's Literal Translation then hath the south quarter been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, yea, the south border hath been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea, eastward; Library The Talmudic Girdle of the Land under the Second Temple, Taken Out of the Jerusalem Sheviith, Fol. 36 3What all these things mean, I cannot so much as conjecture; yea, nor can I scarce conjecture, what the meaning is of some of them. Neither is there any Oedipus at hand, nor Sphinx herself, to explain and unriddle them. The Talmudists are silent from making any comments here, nor have we the advantage of any other commentator. We must, therefore, act here according to the uncertain instruction of nods and winks; and that either by saying nothing, or by mere conjecture, since that the mind of the authors … John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The Northern Coasts of Galilee. Amanah. The Mountain of Snow. What is to be Said of the Sea of Apamia. Pamias. Paneas, the Spring of Jordan. The Lake of Gennesaret; Or, the Sea of Galilee and Tiberias. Subterraneous Places. Mines. Caves. Arbel. Shezor. Tarnegola the Upper. The Coast of the Asphaltites, the Essenes. En-Gedi. Jesus Calls Four Fishermen to Follow Him. Kadesh. Rekam, and that Double. Inquiry is Made, Whether the Doubling it in the Maps is Well Done. 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