“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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'These are the names of the men that shall take possession of the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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Passages linked to Numbers 34:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 14:1 These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,
- Joshua 19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
- Numbers 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
- Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 34:17 These [are] the names of the men…
Num 34:17 These [are] the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Ver. 17. E1eazar the priest.] Pointing to the High Priest of the new covenant, by whom we have entrance into the promised inheritance, whither he is gone before to prepare a place for us, and hath told us, that in his "Father’s house are many mansions," room enough.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Eleazar was to act in God’s name, to cast…
Eleazar was to act in God’s name, to cast lots, to prevent differences and contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, to transact the whole business in a solemn and religious manner.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain These are the names of the men which shall…
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you,.... Or "inherit the land for you" (z); 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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(z) "haereditabunt vobis", Montanus; "qui haereditario jure accipient pro vobis", Tigurine not.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Eleazar - Who was to act in God's name,…
Eleazar - Who was to act in God's name, to cast lots, to prevent contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, to transact the whole business in a solemn and religious manner.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 34:17. These are the men that shall divide…
Num 34:17. These are the men that shall divide the land — Although the division of the land was to be made by lot, (Num 34:13,) yet it was proper there should be some persons appointed to oversee this business, and to take care that there should be no fraud nor quarrels in the drawing of the lots. The management of it, therefore, is ordered to be in the hands of the high-priest, of the governor, or chief general, and a principal officer chosen out of each tribe, as its representative. Eleazar the priest — Was to preside in God’s name, to cast lots, to prevent contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, and to see that the whole business was transacted in a solemn and religious manner.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Which shall divide the land unto you.—Better, Which…
(17) Which shall divide the land unto you.—Better, Which shall give (or, allot) the land as an inheritance unto you.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.…
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. As the ecclesiastical anti military heads respectively of the theocracy. (see on Num_32:28)
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