Discovery BoxNumbers 34:10-15 
Context34:10 “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 34:11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth. 1 34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River 2 and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”
34:13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given 3 to the nine and a half tribes, 34:14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, 4 the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. 34:15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, 5 toward the sunrise.”
1 tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”
sn The word means “harp.” The lake (or sea) of Galilee was so named because it is shaped somewhat like a harp.
2 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn The infinitive forms the direct object of what the
4 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also a little later in this verse.
5 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
