Numeri 34:17

17 Dies sind die Namen der Männer, welche euch das Land als Erbe austeilen sollen: Eleasar, der Priester, und Josua, der Sohn Nuns.

Numeri 34:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:17

These are the names of the men which shall divide the land
unto you
Or "inherit the land for you" ^F26; that is, as Jarchi interprets it, they were to take possession of it in their name and stead, as their representatives, and then distribute it unto them, or divide it to be inherited by them; but whatever may be said for the princes of the tribes, as acting for their respective tribes, and representing them, the same cannot be said of the two first named, as follow:

Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun;
the one the principal person in ecclesiastical affairs, and the other in civil ones; to divide the land being partly a sacred work, as it was a type of the heavenly Canaan, and a civil one, as it concerned the present welfare of the people of Israel; and both were types of Christ, the priest upon his throne, who is both priest and King; who, as the one, gives a right unto it, and, as the other, introduces into it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (Mkl wlxny) "haereditabunt vobis", Montanus; "qui haereditario jure accipient pro vobis", Tigurine not.

Numeri 34:17 In-Context

15 Die zwei Stämme und der halbe Stamm haben ihr Erbteil empfangen diesseit des Jordan von Jericho, gegen Osten, gegen Sonnenaufgang.

16 Und Jehova redete zu Mose und sprach:

17 Dies sind die Namen der Männer, welche euch das Land als Erbe austeilen sollen: Eleasar, der Priester, und Josua, der Sohn Nuns.

18 Und je einen Fürsten vom Stamme sollt ihr nehmen, um das Land als Erbe auszuteilen.

19 Und dies sind die Namen der Männer: für den Stamm Juda: Kaleb, der Sohn Jephunnes;