Numbers 34:18
in Numbers 34Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
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ASV
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
KJV
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
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This verse in Numbers 34
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Of the representatives now selected through Moses beforehand, who were all princes, i. e. heads of chief families, in their respective tribes (see Num 13:2), Caleb alone, of the tribe of Judah, is otherwise known to us (see Num 13:4 ff). The order in which the tribes are named is peculiar to this passage.
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 Awakening1 voice
And ye shall take one prince out of every tribe,....
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.
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָשִׂ֥יא | venasi' | and a leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| אֶחָ֛ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| נָשִׂ֥יא | nasi' | a leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| אֶחָ֖ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִמַּטֶּ֑ה | mimateh | from a tribe | H4294 → | 252 times |
| תִּקְח֖וּ | tikchu | you will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| לִנְחֹ֥ל | linchol | to give as inheritance | H5157 → | 59 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְנָשִׂ֥יאand a leader
venasi'H5387 →134 times
אֶחָ֛דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
נָשִׂ֥יאa leader
nasi'H5387 →134 times
אֶחָ֖דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִמַּטֶּ֑הfrom a tribe
mimatehH4294 →252 times
תִּקְח֖וּyou will take
tikchuH3947 →966 times
לִנְחֹ֥לto give as inheritance
lincholH5157 →59 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.