1. Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
2. “Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,
3. your southern border 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, continue to Zin, and then its direction 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 Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.
6. “‘And for a western border you will have the Great Sea. This will be your western border.
7. “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor;