Números 34:17

17 «Estos son los nombres de los encargados de repartir la tierra como heredad: el sacerdote Eleazar, y Josué hijo de Nun.

Números 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.

Números 34:17 In-Context

15 Estas dos tribus y media ya tienen su heredad en el este, cerca del río Jordán, a la altura de Jericó, por donde sale el sol».

16 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:

17 «Estos son los nombres de los encargados de repartir la tierra como heredad: el sacerdote Eleazar, y Josué hijo de Nun.

18 Ustedes, por su parte, tomarán a un jefe de cada tribu para que les ayuden a repartir la tierra».

19 Los nombres de los jefes de tribu fueron los siguientes:Caleb hijo de Jefone, de la tribu de Judá;