And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And the Lord bade Moses

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:

Præcipe filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Cum ingressi fueritis terram Chanaan, et in possessionem vobis sorte ceciderit, his finibus terminabitur.

give this message too to the Israelites: When you have entered Chanaan and duly taken possession of it, these shall be the frontiers that bound it.

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:

Pars meridiana incipiet a solitudine Sin, quæ est juxta Edom: et habebit terminos contra orientem mare salsissimum.

The southern end of your territory will begin at the desert of Sin, by Edom, bordered on the east by the Sea of Salt.

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.

Qui circuibunt australem plagam per ascensum Scorpionis, ita ut transeant in Senna, et perveniant a meridie usque ad Cadesbarne, unde egredientur confinia ad villam nomine Adar, et tendent usque ad Asemona.

Its border on the south shall curve along the Scorpion Pass till it crosses over to Senna, and reaches southward as far as Cades-Barne; then it will go to the town called Adar, and pass on to 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.

Ibitque per gyrum terminus ab Asemona usque ad torrentem Ægypti, et maris magni littore finietur.

From Asemona it will curve round to the Brook of Egypt, ending at the shore of the Great Sea.

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

Plaga autem occidentalis a mari magno incipiet, et ipso fine claudetur.

On the western side, your territories shall begin at the Great Sea; they shall have no other frontier than this.

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

Porro ad septentrionalem plagam a mari magno termini incipient, pervenientes usque ad montem altissimum,

Your northern border will stretch from the Great Sea to Summit mountain,

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

a quo venient in Emath usque ad terminos Sedada:

and so by Emath to the edge 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.

ibuntque confinia usque ad Zephrona, et villam Enan. Hi erunt termini in parte aquilonis.

and on to Zephrona and the village of Enan; all this on the north.

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

Inde metabuntur fines contra orientalem plagam de villa Enan usque Sephama,

From this village of Enan you will mark out your eastern border till it reaches 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,

et de Sephama descendent termini in Rebla contra fontem Daphnim: inde pervenient contra orientem ad mare Cenereth,

passing from Sephama to Rebla, close to the well of Daphnis, and from there to the eastern shore of Lake 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.

et tendent usque ad Jordanem, et ad ultimum salsissimo claudentur mari. Hanc habebitis terram per fines suos in circuitu.

So it will fall into the Jordan valley and end at last with the Sea of Salt. These shall be the frontiers that bound your land.

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.

Præcepitque Moyses filiis Israël, dicens: Hæc erit terra, quam possidebitis sorte, et quam jussit Dominus dari novem tribubus, et dimidiæ tribui.

So Moses passed on word to the Israelites that this was the territory they were to divide up by lot; the Lord’s destined gift to nine and a half out of the twelve tribes.

For the tribe of the children of Ruben by their families, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the number of their kindreds, and half of the tribe of Manasses,

Tribus enim filiorum Ruben per familias suas, et tribus filiorum Gad juxta cognationum numerum, media quoque tribus Manasse,

(All the clans of Ruben’s tribe and of the tribe of Gad, with half the tribe of Manasses,

That is, two tribes and a half, have received their portion beyond the Jordan over against Jericho at the east side.

id est, duæ semis tribus, acceperunt partem suam trans Jordanem contra Jericho ad orientalem plagam.

two and a half tribes in all, had received their portion on the eastern bank of Jordan opposite Jericho.)

And the Lord said to Moses:

Et ait Dominus ad Moysen:

And now the Lord said to Moses,

These are the names of the men, that shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun,

Hæc sunt nomina virorum qui terram vobis divident, Eleazar sacerdos, et Josue filius Nun,

These are the names of the men who will divide up the land for you. First, the high priest Eleazar and Josue the son of Nun,

And one prince of every tribe,

et singuli principes de tribubus singulis,

and then the chieftains of the several tribes, as follows.

Whose names are these: Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.

quorum ista sunt vocabula. De tribu Juda, Caleb filius Jephone.

For Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone,

Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammiud.

De tribu Simeon, Samuel filius Ammiud.

for Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammiud,

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chaselon.

De tribu Benjamin, Elidad filius Chaselon.

for Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chaselon,

Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the son of Jogli.

De tribu filiorum Dan, Bocci filius Jogli.

for Dan, Bocci the son of Jogli.

Of the children of Joseph of the tribe of Manasses, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

Filiorum Joseph de tribu Manasse, Hanniel filius Ephod.

And among Joseph’s descendants, for Manasses, Hanniel the son of Ephod,

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the son of Sephtan.

De tribu Ephraim, Camuel filius Sephthan.

for Ephraim, Camuel the son of Sephthan.

Of the tribe of Zabulon, Elisaphan the son of Pharnach.

De tribu Zabulon, Elisaphan filius Pharnach.

For Zabulon, Elisaphan the son of Pharnach,

Of the tribe of Issachar, Phaltiel the prince, the son of Ozan.

De tribu Issachar, dux Phaltiel filius Ozan.

for Issachar, Phaltiel the son of Ozan,

Of the tribe of Aser, Ahiud the son of Salomi.

De tribu Aser, Ahiud filius Salomi.

for Aser, Ahiud the son of Salomi,

Of the tribe of Nephtali: Phedael the son of Ammiud.

De tribu Nephthali, Phedaël filius Ammiud.

for Nephthali, Phedael the son of Ammiud.

These are they Whom the Lord hath commanded to divide the land of Chanaan to the children of Israel.

Hi sunt, quibus præcepit Dominus ut dividerent filiis Israël terram Chanaan.

These were the men the Lord appointed to divide up Chanaan between the Israelites.