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# Numbers 34

Numbers 34 is chapter 34 of 36 in the Book of Numbers. Here are all 29 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The limits of Chanaan; with the names of the men that make the division of it.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Numbers 34 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2. “Instruct the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land of Canaan, and it has fallen into your possession by lot, it shall be bound by these limits:
3. The southern part shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is next to Edom, and it shall have the Sea of Salt as a limit to the east.
4. It shall circle on the south side along the ascent of the Scorpion, by this way crossing into Senna, and passing through, from the south, as far as Kadesh-barnea, from which its confines shall go out to the town called Adar, and extend even to Azmon.
5. And its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea.
6. Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.
7. Furthermore, toward the northern region, its limits shall begin from the Great Sea, passing through even to the highest mountain.
8. From there, it limits shall advance into Hamath, as far as the limits of Zedad.
9. And its confines shall go all the way to Ziphron, and to the village of Enan. These shall be the limits on the northern side.
10. From there, its limits shall be measured, facing the east side, from the village of Enan as far as Shepham.
11. And from Shepham, the boundaries shall descend into Riblah, opposite the fountain of Daphnis. From there, the boundaries shall pass through, opposite the east, to the Sea of Chinnereth,
12. and shall extend as far as the Jordan, and, at the furthest extent, shall be enclosed by the Sea of Salt. You shall have this land, with its borders all around.”
13. And Moses instructed the sons of Israel, saying: “This shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and which the Lord has ordered to be given to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe.
14. For the tribe of the sons of Ruben, by their families, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, according to the number of their kinships, and also one half of the tribe of Manasseh,
15. that is, two and a half tribes, have received their portion across the Jordan, opposite Jericho, toward the eastern side.”
16. And the Lord said to Moses:
17. “These are the names of the men, who shall divide the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun,
18. and one leader from each tribe,
19. whose names are these: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
20. from the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud;
21. from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;
22. from the tribe of the sons of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli;
23. of the sons of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod;
24. from the tribe of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;
25. from the tribe of Zebulon, Elizaphan the son of Parnach;
26. from the tribe of Issachar, Paltiel the leader, the son of Azzan;
27. from the tribe of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;
28. from the tribe of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”
29. These are the ones that the Lord has ordered to divide the land of Canaan to the sons of Israel.

## Numbers 34 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2. Præcipe filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Cum ingressi fueritis terram Chanaan, et in possessionem vobis sorte ceciderit, his finibus terminabitur.
3. Pars meridiana incipiet a solitudine Sin, quæ est juxta Edom: et habebit terminos contra orientem mare salsissimum.
4. Qui circuibunt australem plagam per ascensum Scorpionis, ita ut transeant in Senna, et perveniant a meridie usque ad Cadesbarne, unde egredientur confinia ad villam nomine Adar, et tendent usque ad Asemona.
5. Ibitque per gyrum terminus ab Asemona usque ad torrentem Ægypti, et maris magni littore finietur.
6. Plaga autem occidentalis a mari magno incipiet, et ipso fine claudetur.
7. Porro ad septentrionalem plagam a mari magno termini incipient, pervenientes usque ad montem altissimum,
8. a quo venient in Emath usque ad terminos Sedada:
9. ibuntque confinia usque ad Zephrona, et villam Enan. Hi erunt termini in parte aquilonis.
10. Inde metabuntur fines contra orientalem plagam de villa Enan usque Sephama,
11. et de Sephama descendent termini in Rebla contra fontem Daphnim: inde pervenient contra orientem ad mare Cenereth,
12. et tendent usque ad Jordanem, et ad ultimum salsissimo claudentur mari. Hanc habebitis terram per fines suos in circuitu.
13. Præcepitque Moyses filiis Israël, dicens: Hæc erit terra, quam possidebitis sorte, et quam jussit Dominus dari novem tribubus, et dimidiæ tribui.
14. Tribus enim filiorum Ruben per familias suas, et tribus filiorum Gad juxta cognationum numerum, media quoque tribus Manasse,
15. id est, duæ semis tribus, acceperunt partem suam trans Jordanem contra Jericho ad orientalem plagam.
16. Et ait Dominus ad Moysen:
17. Hæc sunt nomina virorum qui terram vobis divident, Eleazar sacerdos, et Josue filius Nun,
18. et singuli principes de tribubus singulis,
19. quorum ista sunt vocabula. De tribu Juda, Caleb filius Jephone.
20. De tribu Simeon, Samuel filius Ammiud.
21. De tribu Benjamin, Elidad filius Chaselon.
22. De tribu filiorum Dan, Bocci filius Jogli.
23. Filiorum Joseph de tribu Manasse, Hanniel filius Ephod.
24. De tribu Ephraim, Camuel filius Sephthan.
25. De tribu Zabulon, Elisaphan filius Pharnach.
26. De tribu Issachar, dux Phaltiel filius Ozan.
27. De tribu Aser, Ahiud filius Salomi.
28. De tribu Nephthali, Phedaël filius Ammiud.
29. Hi sunt, quibus præcepit Dominus ut dividerent filiis Israël terram Chanaan.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 3: The lake of Sodom, otherwise called the Dead Sea.
- Verse 4: “The Scorpion” … A mountain so called from having a great number of scorpions.
- Verse 5: “The great sea” … The Mediterranean.
- Verse 7: Libanus.
- Verse 11: This is the sea of Galilee, illustrated by the miracles of our Lord.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).