The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: (A)Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And you shall take one (B)leader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 20 from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon; 22 a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli; 23 from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod, 24 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; 25 a leader from the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; 26 a leader from the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan; 27 a leader from the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; 28 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

29 These are the ones the Lord commanded to [a]divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 34:29 apportion

16 The Lord said to Moses, 17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua(A) son of Nun. 18 And appoint one leader from each tribe to help(B) assign the land.(C) 19 These are their names:(D)

Caleb(E) son of Jephunneh,

from the tribe of Judah;(F)

20 Shemuel son of Ammihud,

from the tribe of Simeon;(G)

21 Elidad son of Kislon,

from the tribe of Benjamin;(H)

22 Bukki son of Jogli,

the leader from the tribe of Dan;

23 Hanniel son of Ephod,

the leader from the tribe of Manasseh(I) son of Joseph;

24 Kemuel son of Shiphtan,

the leader from the tribe of Ephraim(J) son of Joseph;

25 Elizaphan son of Parnak,

the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;(K)

26 Paltiel son of Azzan,

the leader from the tribe of Issachar;

27 Ahihud son of Shelomi,

the leader from the tribe of Asher;(L)

28 Pedahel son of Ammihud,

the leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

29 These are the men the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.(M)

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51 (A)These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided as an inheritance by lot (B)in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the country.

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51 These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing(A) the land.(B)

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