Numeri 34:17

17 Questi sono i nomi degli uomini che vi partiranno l’eredità del paese: Eleazaro Sacerdote, e Giosuè, figliuolo di Nun.

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 Queste due tribù e mezza hanno ricevuta la loro eredità di qua dal Giordano di Gerico, verso oriente.

16 Il Signore parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:

17 Questi sono i nomi degli uomini che vi partiranno l’eredità del paese: Eleazaro Sacerdote, e Giosuè, figliuolo di Nun.

18 Prendete ancora di ciascuna tribù uno de’ Capi, per far la partizione del paese.

19 E questi sono i nomi degli uomini: Della tribù di Giuda, Caleb, figliuolo di Gefunne;