Numeri 34:17

17 Das sind die Namen der Männer, die das Land unter euch teilen sollen: der Priester Eleasar 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 Also haben zwei Stämme und der halbe Stamm ihr Erbteil dahin, diesseit des Jordans gegenüber Jericho gegen Morgen.

16 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

17 Das sind die Namen der Männer, die das Land unter euch teilen sollen: der Priester Eleasar und Josua, der Sohn Nuns.

18 Dazu sollt ihr nehmen von einem jeglichen Stamm einen Fürsten, das Land auszuteilen.

19 Und das sind der Männer Namen: Kaleb, der Sohn Jephunnes, des Stammes Juda;