Numbers 34:16-29

Appointment of leaders to assign the inheritance

16 The LORD spoke to Moses:

17 These are the names of the men who will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun's son.

18 You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land.

19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb, Jephunneh's son;

20 from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel, Ammihud's son;

21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, Chislon's son;

22 from the tribe of the Danites, a chief, Bukki, Jogli's son;

23 from Joseph's descendants: of the tribe of the Manassites, a chief, Hanniel, Ephod's son;

24 and from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a chief, Kemuel, Shiphtan's son;

25 from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a chief, Elizaphan, Parnach's son;

26 from the tribe of the Issacharites, a chief, Paltiel, Azzan's son;

27 from the tribe of the Asherites, a chief, Ahihud, Shelomi's son;

28 from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a chief, Pedahel, Ammihud's son.

29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance of the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

Numbers 34:16-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 34

In this chapter the bounds and borders of the land Canaan are described, according to the direction of the Lord to Moses, Nu 34:1,2, the south border, Nu 34:3-5, the western border, Nu 34:6, the north border, Nu 34:7-9, the east border, Nu 34:10-12, which is ordered to be divided by lot to the nine tribes and a half, two tribes and a half having received their inheritance on the other side Jordan, Nu 34:13-15, and the persons are nominated to divide the land, Eleazar and Joshua, with one prince out of every tribe, and who are mentioned by name, Nu 34:16-29.