The Wilderness Years

And departing from Ijeabarim they pitched their tents in Dibongab.

From thence they went and camped in Helmondeblathaim.

And departing from Helmondeblathaim, they came to the mountains of Abarim over against Nabo.

And departing from the mountains of Abarim, they passed to the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho.

And there they camped from Bethsimoth even to Ablesatim in the plains of the Moabites,

Where the Lord said to Moses:

Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan, entering into the land of Chanaan,

Destroy all the inhabitants of that land: Beat down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all their high places,

Cleansing the land, and dwelling in it. For I have given it you for a possession.

And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families.

But if you will not kill the inhabitants of the land: they that remain, shall be unto you as nails in your eyes, and spears in your sides, and they shall be your adversaries in the land of your habitation.

And whatsoever I had thought to do to them, I will do to you.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Command the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you are entered into the land of Chanaan, and it shall be fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bounded by these limits:

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:

Which limits shall go round on the south side by the ascent of the Scorpion and so into Senna, and reach toward the south as far as Cadesbarne, from whence the frontiers shall go out to the town called Adar, and shall reach as far as Asemona.

And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.

And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the same shall be the end thereof.

But toward the north side the borders shall begin from the great sea, reaching to the most high mountain,

From which they shall come to Emath, as far as the borders of Sedada:

And the limits shall go as far as Zephrona, and the village of Enan. These shall be the borders on the north side.

From thence they shall mark out the grounds towards the east side from the village of Enan unto Sephama.

And from Sephama the bounds shall go down to Rebla over against the fountain of Daphnis: from thence they shall come eastward to the sea of Cenereth,

And shall reach as far as the Jordan, and at the last shall be closed in by the most salt sea. This shall be your land with its borders round about.

And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.