13 Thus says the Lord God: “This is the boundary¹ by which ^qyou shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. ^rJoseph shall have two portions. 14 And you shall divide equally what ^sI swore ^tto give to your fathers. ^uThis land shall fall to you as your inheritance.

15 “This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from ^lthe Great Sea ^vby way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, and on to ^wZedad,² 16 ^xBerothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between ^yDamascus and ^vHamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 So the boundary shall run from the sea to ^zHazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north.³ This shall be the north side.⁴

18 “On the east side, the boundary shall run between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between ^aGilead and the land of Israel; to ^bthe eastern sea and as far as Tamar.⁵ This shall be the east side.

19 “On the south side, it shall run from ^cTamar as far as ^dthe waters of Meribah-kadesh, from there along ^ethe Brook of Egypt⁶ to ^fthe Great Sea. This shall be the south side.

20 “On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point ^vopposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.

21 ^g“So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel. 22 ^hYou shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and ⁱfor the sojourners who reside among you and have had children among you. ^jThey shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. 23 In whatever tribe the sojourner resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, declares the Lord God.