Numbers 34:1

Numbers 34:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse two adds, Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)  God once again spoke to Moses, this time with a command to the people of Israel concerning their coming into the land of Canaan which was to be their inheritance.  We still need to be directed by God’s word today.  Verse three continues, Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:  God begins to lay out the borders of the land of Israel, starting on the south.  Verse four states, And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:  Verse five adds, And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.  Verse six continues, And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.  God then specified the western border.  Verse seven says, And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:  Verse eight adds, From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zeda:  Verse nine continues, And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.  Then, God established the northern border of Israel.  Verse ten states, And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:  Verse eleven adds, And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:  Verse twelve continues, And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.  God then specified the eastern border.  God did not allow the people of Israel to decide what the Promised Land was and just claim all the land that they wanted, and He doesn't allow us to claim whatever we want today and then give it to us.  As followers of Christ, we should pray that God will give us what He wants us to have and be satisfied with it, instead of attempting to get Him to give us everything we desire.  Verse thirteen states, And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:  Moses told the nine and a half tribes who were crossing the river to stay that they would inherit the land by lot.  This was not by chance, though, but by God using the lots to reveal His will so that none could say they weren't treated fairly.  However God chooses to reveal His will for us today, we should never feel that we have been cheated because someone else has more.  Verse fourteen adds, For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:  Mose pointed out that the tribe of Rueben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had already received their inheritance on the other side of the Jordan, though I'm not sure this was really ever a part of the Promised Land.  Verse fifteen continues, The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.  Moses then specified the boundaries of the land these two and a half tribes had claimed for their inheritance.