Numbers 34:17
in Numbers 34“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
KJV
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
⋯
This verse in Numbers 34
Commentary
6 notes on this verseHe places the priest before the leader, since the priest comes closer to God.
This site's exposition
These are the names of the men
on Numbers 34:17-20
The dividing is put into the hands of two men, and Eleazar the priest is named before Joshua the captain. Joshua and Caleb are the only men of the first census whom the sentence at 14:29-30 left alive, which 26:65 states again, so the two who said the land could be taken are the two set over its dividing, Joshua at the head of the work and Caleb first among the princes. One prince comes from each tribe that will receive ground, which is why ten names follow for nine tribes and a half, and why Levi is absent, holding no inheritance by 18:20.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), typifying Christ, who, as priest and king, divides the heavenly Canaan to the spiritual Israel; yet, as they were to go by the lot, so Christ acknowledges the disposal must be by the will of the Father, Matt. xx.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
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.
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
names of the men . . . which shall divide the land--This appointment by the Lord before the Jordan tended not only to animate the Israelites faith in the certainty of the conquest, but to prevent all subsequent dispute and discontent, which might have been dangerous in presence of the natives.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֚לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| שְׁמ֣וֹת | shemot | [are] [the] names of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִנְחֲל֥וּ | yinchalu | they will give as inheritance | H5157 → | 59 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶלְעָזָר֙ | ʾelazar | Eleazar | H499 → | 72 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | vihoshua' | and Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| בִּן־ | bin- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֽוּן׃ | nun | Nun | H5126 → | 30 times |
אֵ֚לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
שְׁמ֣וֹת[are] [the] names of
shemotH8034 →864 times
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִנְחֲל֥וּthey will give as inheritance
yinchaluH5157 →59 times
לָכֶ֖םto <the> you
lakhem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֶלְעָזָר֙Eleazar
ʾelazarH499 →72 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַand Joshua
vihoshua'H3091 →218 times
בִּן־[the] son of
bin-H1121 →4930 times
נֽוּן׃Nun
nunH5126 →30 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 19:51These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance…
it leads to
- Joshua 14:1
Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of…
- Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
- Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- Hebrews 4:8–9
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
- Joshua 14:1
Through
Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
it leads to
- Numbers 13:8
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
- Numbers 13:8
Through
Numbers 13:8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
it leads to
- Exodus 24:13
So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- Numbers 11:28
Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
- Exodus 24:13
Through
Joshua 14:1Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of…
it leads to
- Numbers 34:17–29
“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
- Numbers 34:17–29
About Numbers
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Procopius of Gaza, CATENA ON THE OCTATEUCH, ON NUMBERS 34:17.