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Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Command the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance--the land of Canaan to its boundaries.
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Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea;
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your border shall turn from the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon;
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the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.
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'As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.
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'And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to Mount Hor;
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from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward Zedad;
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the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.
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'You shall mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;
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the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth;