1. Then the lord said to Moses,
2. “Give these instructions to the Israelites: When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your special possession, these will be the boundaries.
3. The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea.
4. It will then run south past Scorpion Pass in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.
5. From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the Brook of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
6. “Your western boundary will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.
7. “Your northern boundary will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and run east to Mount Hor,
8. then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad
9. and Ziphron to Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.