41 Bible Verses about Boundaries

Thou shall not move back the boundary of thy neighbour, by which they set bounds at first, - in thine inheritance which thou shall receive in the land which Yahweh thy God is giving thee to possess.

Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;

Cured, be he that moveth back the boundary of his neighbour. And all the people shall say - Amen.

Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father's made.

So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the River (Euphrates), - for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee.

And, Solomon, became ruler over all the kingdoms, from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt, - and these were bringing presents, and serving Solomon, all the days of his life.

Command the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, When, ye, are coming into the land of Canaan, this is the land which shall fall unto you, as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan, by the boundaries thereof. Ye shall therefore have a south corner, from the desert of Zin, on the side of Edom, - so shall ye have a south boundary, from the end of the salt sea, eastward: and the boundary shall go round for you from the south towards the cliffs of Akrabbim, then cross over towards Zin, and the extension thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, then shall it reach out to Hazar-addar, and cross over towards Azmon;read more.
then shall the boundary turn round from Azmon towards the ravine of Egypt, - and the extension thereof shall be towards the sea. And, for a west boundary, - ye shall have the great sea, even a boundary, this, shall serve you as west boundary. And, this, shall serve you as a north boundary, - From the great sea, ye shall draw a line for you to Mount Hor: From Mount Hor, ye shall draw a line to the entering in of Hamath, - and the extension of the boundary shall be towards Zedad: then shall the boundary reach out towards Ziphron, and the extension thereof, be to Hazar-enan. This, shall serve you as a north, boundary. Then shall ye draw for yourselves a line, for an east boundary, - from Hazar-enan towards Shepham; and the boundary shall go down from Shepham towards Riblah, on the east of Ain - then shall the boundary go down and strike on the side of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward: then shall the boundary go down towards the Jordan, and the extension thereof be to the salt sea. This shall be your land by the boundaries thereof round about.

And this land, took we in possession at that time, - from Aroer which is by the ravine of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites; but the remainder of Gilead, and all Bashan the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh, - all the region of the Argob with all Bashan. The same, is called, A land of giants. Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the region of Argob, as far as the boundary of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, - and called them after his own name The Bashan of Havvoth-jair unto this day.read more.
And, unto Machir, gave I Gilead; And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites, gave I - from Gilead even as far as the ravine of Arnon, the middle of the ravine and boundary, - even as far as the Jabbok ravine, the boundary of the sons Ammon; the Waste Plain also and the Jordan and boundary, - from Chinnereth, even as far as the sea of the Waste Plain the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah, on the east.

Now, Joshua, was old, advanced in days, - so then Yahweh said unto him - Thou, art old, advanced in days, and, much the larger part of the land, remaineth to be possessed. This, is the land that remaineth, - all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshuri; from the Shihor which faceth Egypt, even as far as the boundary of Ekron, northward, to the Canaanites, is it counted, - five princes of Philistines, the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, also the Avvimread more.
on the south: all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah which belongeth to the Zidonians, as far as Aphek, - as far as the boundary of the Amorites; and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon, to the rising of the sun, from Baal-gad, under Mount Hermon, - as far as the entering in of Hamath: all the inhabitants of the hill country, from the Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim - all the Zidonians, I myself, will dispossess them from before the sons of Israel, - nevertheless, assign thou it by lot unto Israel, for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. Now, therefore, apportion this land as an inheritance, unto the nine tribes, - and the half tribe of Manasseh. With them, the, Reubenites and the Gadites, received their inheritance, - which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan, eastward, as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave unto them: from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, and the city, which is in the midst of the ravine, and all the table-land of Medeba, as far as Dibon; and all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, - as far as the boundary of the sons of Ammon; and Gilead, and the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan, as far as Salecah; all the kingdom of Og, in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, - he, being left of the remnant of the giants; and Moses smote them and dispossessed them; the sons of Israel, however, did not dispossess, the Geshurites or the Maacathites, - but Geshur and Maacath have remained in the midst of Israel until this day. Howbeit, unto the tribe of Levi, gave he no inheritance, - the altar-flames of Yahweh God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spake unto him. Thus then Moses gave an inheritance unto the tribe of the sons of Reuben by their families; and their boundary was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon and the city which is in the midst of the ravine and all the table-land by Medeba; Heshbon and all her cities which are on the table-land, - Dibon and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon; and Jahaz and Kedemoth and Maphaath; and Kiriathaim and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar on the mount of the vale; and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth; and all the cities of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, - whom Moses smote - with the princes of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, dukes of Sihon dwelling in the land; Balaam also son of Beor, the diviner, did the sons of Israel slay with the sword among their slain. And so the boundary of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan and district. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their families, the cities and the villages thereof. And Moses gave an inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, unto the sons of Gad by their families; and their boundary was - Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, - as far as Aroer, which faceth Rabbah; and from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh, and Botonim, - and from Mahanaim as far as the boundary of Debir; and in the valley - Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and district, - as far as the end of the sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan eastward. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Gad, by their families, - the cities and the villages thereof. And Moses gave an inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh, - so it belonged to the half tribe of the sons of Manasseh by their families; and their boundary was - from Mahanaim all Bashan all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan and all the Encampments of Jair which are in Bashan three-score cities; and, half Gilead and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, pertained to the sons of Machir son of Manasseh, to half the sons of Machir by their families. These, are the portions which Moses gave for inheritance, in the waste plains of Moab, - over the Jordan by Jericho eastward. But, unto the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance, - Yahweh God of Israel, he, was their inheritance, as he spake unto them.

So then the boundary of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families, - reached unto the boundary of Edom, the desert of Zin southward, on the extreme south; so their south boundary beginneth at the end of the Salt Sea, - from the bay that turneth to the south; and goeth forth on the south of the cliffs of Akrabbim, and crosseth over to Zin, and goeth up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, - and passeth over by Hezron, and goeth up to Addar, and turneth round to Karka;read more.
and passeth over to Azmon, and goeth forth at the ravine of Egypt, and so the extensions of the boundary are to the sea. This, shall be your south boundary. And, a boundary eastward, is the Salt Sea, as far as the end of the Jordan. And, the boundary on the north side, is from the bay of the sea, from the end of the Jordan. And the boundary goeth up Beth-hoglah, and passeth over, on the north, by Beth-arabah, - and the boundary goeth up by the Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben; and the boundary goeth up towards Debir, out of the vale of Achor, then northward, turning unto Gilgal, which is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the ravine, - then the boundary passeth over unto the waters of En-shemesh, and so the extensions thereof are unto En-rogel: then ascendeth the boundary by the valley of the son of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite, on the south, the same, is Jerusalem, - and the boundary goeth up unto the top of the mountain which faceth the valley of Hinnom, to the west, which is at the end of the Vale of Giants, northwards; and the boundary turneth round, from the top of the mountain, unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and goeth out unto the cities of Mount Ephron, - then the boundary turneth round to Baalah, the same, is Kiriath-jearim; then the boundary goeth round from Baalah westward, unto Mount Seir, and passeth over unto the slope of Mount Yearim, on the north, the same, is Chesalon, - and descendeth Bethshemesh, and passeth over Timnah; then the boundary goeth forth unto the side of Ekron, northward, then the boundary turneth round towards Shikkeron, and crosseth over Mount Baalah, and goeth out at Jabneel, - and the extensions of the boundary are to the sea. And, as a west boundary, are the great sea and coast. This, is the boundary of the sons of Judah, round about, by their families. And, to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, gave he a portion, in the midst of the sons of Judah, at the bidding of Yahweh, by Joshua, - even the City of Arba, father of Anak, the same, is Hebron. And Caleb dispossessed from thence, the three sons of Anak, - Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. And he went up from thence, against the inhabitants of Debir, - now, the name of Debir, formerly, was Kiriath-sepher. Then said Caleb, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and captureth it, I will give unto him Achsah, my daughter, to wife. And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it, - so he gave unto him Achsah, his daughter, to wife. And it came to pass, when she came, that she moved him to ask of her father a field, and, when she alighted from off the ass, Caleb said unto her - What aileth thee? And she said - Give me a present, for, dry land, hast thou given me, therefore must thou give me, pools of water. So he gave her upper pools and lower pools. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families. And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah, towards the boundary of Edom in the south, were, - Kabzeel and Eder, and Jagur, and Kinah and Dimonah, and Adadah, - and Kedesh and Hazor, and Ithnan, Ziph and Talem, and Bealoth, and Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron, the same, is Hazor; Amam and Shema, and Moladah, and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet. and Hazarshual and Beer-sheba, with the hamlets thereof, Baalah and Iyyim, and Ezem, and Eltolad and Chesil, and Hormah, and Ziklag and Madmannah, and Sansannah, and Lebaoth and Shilhim, and En-rimmon, - all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages. In the lowland, - Eshtaol and Zorah, and Ashnah, and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam; Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah; and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim, - fourteen cities, with their villages. Zenan and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, and Dilan and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, Lachish and Bozkath, and Eglon, and Cabbon and Lahmas, and Chithlish, and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah, and Makkedah, - sixteen cities, with their villages. Libnah and Ether, and Ashan, and Iphtah and Ashnah, and Nezib, and Keilah and Achzib, and Mareshah, - nine cities, with their villages. Ekron with her towns, and her villages. From Ekron, even unto the sea, - all that were by the side of Ashdod with their villages. Ashdod, her towns and her villages. Gaza, her towns and her villages, as far as the ravine of Egypt, - and the great sea and coast. And in the hill-country, - Shamir and Jattir, and Socoh, and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah, the same, is Debir, and Anab and Eshtemoh, and Anim, and Goshen and Holon, and Giloh, - eleven cities, with their villages. Arab and Rumah and Eshan, and Janim and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah, and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron, and Zior, - nine cities, with their villages. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Jutah, and Jezreel and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, Kain, Gibeah and Timnah, - ten cities, with their villages. Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, and Maarath and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon, - six cities, with their villages. Kiriath-baal, the same, is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah, - two cities, with their villages. In the desert, - Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, and Nibshan and the City of Salt, and En-gedi, - six cities, with their villages. But, as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not dispossess them, - so the Jebusites have dwelt with the sons of Judah, in Jerusalem, until this day.

Then came out the lot, for the sons of Joseph, from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho, eastward, - the desert, going up from Jericho, through the hill country to Bethel; and it goeth out from Bethel towards Luz, - and passeth over unto the boundary of the Archites at Ataroth; and descendeth westward, unto the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Bethhoron the nether, and as far as Gezer, - and the extensions thereof are to the sea.read more.
So the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. And the boundary of the sons of Ephraim, by their families, was, - yea the boundary of their inheritance on the east, was Ataroth-addar, as far as Beth-horon the upper; and the boundary goeth out westward at Michmethath, on the north, then the boundary bendeth round easward, to Taanath-shiloh, - and passeth by it on the east to Janoah; and goeth down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, - and toucheth upon Jericho, and goeth out at the Jordan. From Tappuah, runneth the boundary along westward, to the ravine of Kanah, and the extensions thereof are to the sea, - this, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, by their families; together with the cities which were separated for the sons of Ephraim, in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, - all the cities, with their villages. But they did not dispossess the Canaanites who were dwelling in Gazer, - so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and have become tributary servants.

And the lot for the tribe of Manasseh was, for, he, was the firstborn of Joseph, - as for Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because, he, was a man of war, therefore had he Gilead and Bashan. So the lot pertained to the rest of the sons of Manasseh, by their families, to the sons of Abiezer, and to the sons of Helek, and to the sons of Asriel, and to the sons of Shechem, and to the sons of Hepher, and to the sons of Shemida, - these, were the sons of Manasseh, son of Joseph, even the male descendants, by their families. But, Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, - and, these, are the names of his daughters, Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.read more.
And they had come near, before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh, commanded Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren, - And he had given them, according to the bidding of Yahweh, an inheritance, in the midst of the brethren of their father. Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, - besides the land of Gilead, and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; because, the daughters of Manasseh, received an inheritance in the midst of his sons, - and, the land of Gilead, became the possession of the sons of Manasseh that remained. So then the boundary of Manasseh was from Asher, Michmethath, which faceth Shechem, - and the boundary goeth along unto the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. Manasseh, had the land of Tappuah, - but, Tappuah itself, towards the boundary of Manasseh, pertained unto the sons of Ephraim; and the boundary goeth down to the ravine of Kanah, southward of the ravine, these cities, belong to Ephraim, in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, - but, the boundary of Manasseh, was on the north side of the ravine, and the extensions thereof were to the sea; southward, pertaineth to Ephraim, and, northward, to Manasseh, and the sea was the boundary thereof, - and they touch, Asher, on the north, and Issachar on the east. And Manasseh had - in Issachar and in Asher - Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her towns - the three heights, The sons of Manasseh, however, could not dispossess these cities, - but the Canaanites were determined to remain in this land; but, when the sons of Israel had waxed strong, they put the Canaanites under tribute, - though they, dispossessed, them not. Then spake the sons of Joseph unto Joshua, saying, - Why hast thou given me, as an inheritance, but one lot and one portion, seeing that, I, am a numerous people, because hitherto hath Yahweh blessed me. And Joshua said unto them: If, a numerous people, thou art, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there, in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, - seeing that, too narrow for thee, is the hill country of Ephraim. And the sons of Joseph said, The hill country is not enough for us, - and there are, chariots of iron, among all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley, belonging both to them in Bethshean, and her towns, and to them in the valley of Jezreel. And Joshua made answer unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, - A numerous people, thou art, and, great vigour, thou hast, thou shalt not have one lot only; for, the hill country, shall be thine, in that, a forest, it is, therefore canst thou cut it down, and thine shall be the extensions thereof, - for thou shalt dispossess the Canaanites, though, chariots of iron, they have, and though, strong, they are.

Then came up the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, by their families, - and the boundary of their lot came out, between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. And so their boundary, on the north border, was from the Jordan, - and the boundary goeth up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and goeth up in the hill country, westward, and the extensions thereof are towards the wilderness of Beth-aven; and the boundary passeth over from thence towards Luz, to the side of Luz, southwards, the same, is Bethel, - and the boundary goeth down to Ataroth-addah, by the mountain that is on the south of Beth-horon the nether;read more.
then turneth the boundary and goeth round the west border, southward, from the mountain which faceth Beth-horon, southward, and so the extensions thereof are unto Kiriath-baal - the same, is Kiriath-jearim, a city of the sons of Judah, - this, is the west border. And, the border southward, is from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, - and the boundary goeth out westward, yea it goeth out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; and the boundary goeth down to the uttermost part of the mountain which faceth the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the Vale of Giants, northward, - and descendeth the valley of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite, southward, and then descendeth to En-rogel; and it turneth on the north, and goeth out at En-shemesh, and goeth out unto Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim, - and goeth down by the Stone of Bohan, son of Reuben; and passeth along unto the side over against the Arabah, northward, - and goeth down toward the Arabah; and the boundary passeth along unto the side of Beth-hoglah, northward, and so the extensions of the boundary are unto the bay of the Salt Sea, northward, unto the end of the Jordan, southward, - This, is the south boundary. And, the Jordan itself, boundeth it as an eastward border. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by the boundaries thereof round about, by their families. So then the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, by their families, are, - Jericho and Beth-hoglah, and Emekkeziz, and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim, and Bethel, and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah, and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni, and Geba, - twelve cities, with their villages: Gibeon and Ramah, and Beeroth, and Mizpeh and Chephirah, and Mozah, and Rekem and Irpeel, and Taralah, and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite, the same, is Jerusalem, Gibeath and Kiriath, fourteen cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the song of Benjamin, by their families.

And the second lot came out, for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their families, - and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah. And they had for their inheritance, - Beer-sheba or Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,read more.
and Eltolad and Bethul, and Hormah, and Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah, and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen, - thirteen cities, with their villages: Ain, Rimmon, and Ether and Ashan, - four cities, with their villages, and all the villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, by their families: Out of the portion of the sons of Judah, is the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, - for it came to pass that what was allotted to the sons of Judah, was too much for them, therefore did the sons of Simeon receive an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. Then came up the third lot, for the sons of Zebulun, by their families, - and the boundary of their inheritance was as far as Sarid. And their boundary goeth up westward, even towards Maralah, and toucheth Dabbesheth, - and reacheth unto the ravine that faceth Jokneam; and turneth back from Sarid, eastward, toward the rising of the sun, upon the boundary of Chisloth-tabor, - and goeth out unto Daberath, and ascendeth Japhia; and, from thence, it passed along in front on the east, towards Gath-hepher, towards Eth-kazin, - and goeth out at Rimmon which turneth about towards Neah; and the boundary goeth round it, on the north to Hannathon, - and so the extensions thereof are the valley of Iphtah-el; and Kattath and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah and Beth-lehem, - twelve cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, by their families, - these cities, with their villages. For Issachar, came out the fourth lot, - for the sons of Issachar, by their families. And their boundary was, - Jezreel and Chesulloth, and Shunem, and Hapharaim and Shion, and Anaharath, and Rabbith and Kishion, and Ebez, and Remeth, and En-gannim, and Enhaddah, and Beth-pazzez; and the boundary toucheth Tabor and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and so the extensions of their boundary are to the Jordan, - sixteen cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, by their families, - the cities, with their villages. Then came out the fifth lot, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their families. And their boundary was, - Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achshaph, and Allam-melech and Amad, and Mishal, - and it toucheth Carmel to the west, and Shihor-libnath; and it turneth toward sun-rise - to Beth-dagon, and toucheth Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el northward, and Beth-emek, and Neiel; and goeth out unto Cabul, on the left, and Ebron and Rehob, and Hammon and Kanah, - as far as Zidon the populous; and the boundary turneth to Ramah, and as far as the city of the fortress of Tyre, - then the boundary turneth to Hosah, and so the extensions thereof are, on the west, from Hebel to Achzib; Ummah also and Aphek, and Rehob, - twenty-two cities, with their villages, This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their families, - these cities, with their villages. For the sons of Naphtali, came out the sixth lot, - for the sons of Naphtali, by their families. And their boundary was from Heleph, from the terebinth of Bezaannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; and so the extensions thereof were to the Jordan; and the boundary turneth westward, to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence, toward Hukkok, - and toucheth Zebulun on the south, and, Asher, it toucheth on the west, and Judah, at the Jordan towards sunrise. And, the fortified cities, are, - Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth, and Adamah and Ramah, and Hazor, and Kedesh and Edrei, and En-hazor, and Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh, - nineteen cities, with their villages. This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, by their families, - the cities, with their villages. And, for the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their families, came out the seventh lot. And the boundary of their inheritance was, - Zorah and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, and Shaalabbin and Aijalon, and Ithlah, and Elon and Timnah, and Ekron, and Eltekeh and Gibbethon, and Baalath, and Jehud and Beneberak, and Gath-rimmon, and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, - with the boundary over against Joppa. And, when the boundary of the sons of Dan went out beyond these, then went up the sons of Dan and fought against Leshem, and captured it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and took possession thereof, and dwelt therein, and they called Leshem - Dan, after the name of Dan their father, This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan, by their families, - these cities, with their villages.

Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land.

This then shall be the boundary of the land, - on the north side, from the great sea by the way of Hethlon to the entering, in of Zedad; Hamath Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the boundary of Damascus and the boundary of Hamath, - Hazer-hatticon, which is by the boundary of Hauran. Thus shall there be a boundary, from the sea Hazar-enin the boundary of Damascus, even the north northward and the boundary of Hamath, - even the north, side.read more.
And for the east side, from between Hauran and Damascus and from between Gilead and the land of Israel the Jordan, from the boundary by the sea eastward, shall ye measure - even the east side. And for the south side southward, from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, towards the torrent bed unto the great sea, - even the south side southward. And for the west side, the great sea, from the boundary as far as over against the entering in of Hamath - this is the west side.

Now these are the names of the tribes, - At the northern extremity, beside the Hethlon road - as one entereth Hamath, Hazar-enan the boundary of Damascus northwards by the side of Hamath, and so they shall be his as east side and west-Dan, one. And on the boundary of Dan from the east side unto the west side, - Asher one And on the boundary of Asher from the east side even unto the west side,- Naphtali one.read more.
And on the boundary of Naphtali from the east side unto the west side, - Manasseh one. And on the boundary of Manasseh from; he east side unto the west side, - Ephraim, one. And on the boundary of Ephraim from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben one. And on the boundary of Reuben from the east side unto the west side, - Judah one. And on the boundary of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the heave-offering which ye shall offer up, five and twenty thousand in breadth and, in length, like one of the portions from the east side unto the west side, so shall the sanctuary be in the midst thereof.

he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,

and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite, - and after-wards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite. And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza, - as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

From thence, brake they up, and encamped on the other side of Arnon which is in the desert, that cometh forth out of the boundary of the Amorites, - for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

And they brake, up from Kadesh, - and encamped in Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom;

When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.

Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, - ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, and the middle of the ravine, and half Gilead, even as far as the ravine Jabbok, the boundary of the sons of Ammon; and the waste plain as far as the sea of Chinneroth, on the east, even as far as the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth, - and, on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah; and the boundary of Og, king of Bashan, of the remnant of the giants, - him who dwelt in Ashtaroth and in Edrei;read more.
ruling also in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, as far as the boundary of the Geshurites, and the Maacathites, - and half Gilead, the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon: -

And, the boundary of the Amorites, was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upwards.

Then journeyed they through the desert, and went round the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and so came, from the rising of the sun, to the land of Moab, but encamped beyond Arnon, - and entered not within the boundary of Moab, for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab.

Therefore, behold me! against thee and against thy rivers,- And I will make the land of Egypt to be most desolate an astounding desolation, from Migdol to Syene even up to the boundary of Ethiopia:

But if the man-slayer, go out, of the bounds of his city of refuge, whereinto he hath fled;

So then thou shalt set bounds for the people round about saying, Take heed to yourselves - that ye go not up into the mountain, nor touch the boundary thereof, whosoever toucheth the mountain, shall, surely die.

And Moses said unto Yahweh, The people cannot come up into Mount Sinai, - for, thou thyself, hast adjured us saying: Set bounds to the mountain and hallow it.

Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;

seeing that, a boundary, hath Yahweh put between us and you, ye sons of Reuben and ye sons of Gad - even the Jordan, ye have no portion in Yahweh, - so might your sons cause our sons, to cease from revering Yahweh.

The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.

Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and because of four, will I not turn it back, - Because of their ripping up the pregnant women of Gilead, that they might enlarge their own boundary,

Then shall they shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof, - So shall he deliver from Assyria, when he shall enter our land, and when he shall tread down within our bounds.

A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;

When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling-band thereof; And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors; And said - Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further, - and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?

Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.

When he fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth: -

Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not he pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it, - When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond it,

The lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.