dividing gods land

¹For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will have converted the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, ²I will gather all the Gentiles, and will lead them into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And there I will dispute with them over my people, and over Israel, my inheritance, for they have scattered them among the nations and have divided my land.

¹⁸On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:

²I will gather all the Gentiles, and will lead them into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And there I will dispute with them over my people, and over Israel, my inheritance, for they have scattered them among the nations and have divided my land.

¹⁵And I will plant them on their own soil. And I will no longer root them out of their own land, which I have given them, says the Lord your God.

⁸And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”

¹For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will have converted the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, ²I will gather all the Gentiles, and will lead them into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And there I will dispute with them over my people, and over Israel, my inheritance, for they have scattered them among the nations and have divided my land. ³And they have cast lots over my people; and the boy they have placed in the brothel, and the girl they have sold for wine, so that they might drink. ⁴Truly, what is there between you and me, Tyre and Sidon and all the distant places of the Philistines? How will you take vengeance on me? And if you were to revenge yourselves against me, I would deliver a repayment to you, quickly and soon, upon your head. ⁵For you have carried away my silver and gold. And my desirable and most beautiful, you have taken into your shrines. ⁶And you, sons of Judah and sons of Jerusalem, you have sold the sons of the Greeks, so that you might drive them far from their own territory.

²³Also, the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for it is mine, and you are newcomers and settlers to me.

¹⁸On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates: ¹⁹the land of the Kenites and the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites ²⁰and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, likewise the Rephaim, ²¹and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you. ⁸And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”

⁹The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.

¹And 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: ³The 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. ⁴It 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. ⁵And its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea. ⁶Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.

¹For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will have converted the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,