¹ HE EN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

² Byd Israelitterne og sig til dem: Når i kommer til Kana'ans Land det er det Land, der skal tilfalde eder som Arvelod, Kana'ans Land i hele dets Udstrækning

³ så skal eders Sydside strække sig fra Zins Ørken langs med Edom; eders Sydgrænse skal mod Øst begynde ved Enden af Salthavet;

⁴ så skal eders Grænse dreje sønden om Akrabbimpasset, nå til Zin og ende sønden for Kadesj Barnea; så skal den løbe hen til Hazar Addar øg nå til Azmon;

⁵ fra Azmon skal Grænsen dreje hen til Ægyptens Bæk og ende ved Havet.

⁶ Hvad Vestgrænsen angår, skal det store Hav være eders Grænse; det skal være eders Vestgrænse.

⁷ Eders Nordgrænse skal være følgende: Fra det store Hav skal I udstikke eder en Linie til Bjerget Hor;

⁸ fra Bjerget Hor skal I udstikke en Linie til Egnen hen imod Hamat, så at Grænsen ender ved Zedad;

⁹ derpå skal Grænsen gå til Zifron og ende ved Hazar Enan. Det skal være eders Nordgrænse.

¹⁰ Men til Østgrænse skal I afmærke eder en Linie fra Hazar Enan til Sjefam;

¹¹ og fra Sjefam skal Grænsen gå ned til ibla østen for Ajin, og Grænsen skal løbe videre ned, til den støder til Bjergskrænten østen for Kinneretsøen;

¹² derpå skal Grænsen løbe ned langs Jordan og ende ved Salthavet. Det skal være eders Land i hele dets Udstrækning til alle Sider.

¹³ Og Moses bød Israelitterne og sagde: Det er det Land, I skal udskifte mellem eder ved Lodkastning, og som efter HE ENs Bud skal gives de ni Stammer og den halve Stamme.

¹⁴ Thi ubeniternes Stamme efter deres Fædrenehuse og Gaditernes Stamme efter deres Fædrenehuse og Manasses halve Stamme har allerede fået deres Arvelod.

¹⁵ De to Stammer og den halve Stamme har fået deres Arvelod hinsides Jordan over for Jeriko, mod Øst, mod Solens Opgang.

¹⁶ Og HE EN talede til Moses og sagde:

¹⁷ Navnene på de Mænd, der skal udskifte Landet mellem eder, er følgende: Præsten Eleazar og Josua, Nuns Søn;

¹⁸ desuden skal I udtage een Øverste af hver Stamme til at udskifte Landet.

¹⁹ Navnene på disse Mænd er følgende: Af Judas Stamme Kaleb, Jefunnes Søn,

²⁰ af Simeoniternes Stamme Sjemuel, Ammihuds Søn,

²¹ af Benjamins Stamme Elidad, Kislons Søn,

²² af Daniternes Stamme een Øverste, Bukki, Joglis Søn,

²³ af Josefs Sønner: af Manassiternes Stamme een Øverste, Hanniel, Efods Søn,

²⁴ og af Efraimiternes Stamme een Øverste, Kemuel, Sjiftans Søn,

²⁵ af Zebuloniternes Stamme een Øverste, Elizafan, Parnaks Søn,

²⁶ af Issakariternes Stamme een Øverste, Paltiel, Azzans Søn,

²⁷ af Aseriternes Stamme een Øverste, Ahihud, Sjelomis Søn,

²⁸ og af Naftaliternes Stamme een Øverste, Pedael, Ammibuds Søn.

²⁹ Det var dem, HE EN pålagde at udskifte Kana'ans Land mellem Israelitterne.

¹ Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

² Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

³ "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

⁴ Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

⁵ "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

⁶ My soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

⁷ Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

⁸ "Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.

⁹ Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

¹¹ Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

¹² His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

¹³ "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

¹⁴ "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

¹⁵ He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

¹⁶ "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷ Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

¹⁸ I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

¹⁹ "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

²⁰ "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

²¹ "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

²² "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

²³ The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

²⁴ But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

²⁵ even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

²⁶ The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."

²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.