Numbers 34:16

Appointment of leaders to assign the inheritance

16 The LORD spoke to Moses:

Numbers 34:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:16

And the Lord spake unto Moses
At the same time that he gave him the bounds of the land of Canaan, which was to be divided between the nine tribes and a half; and that this might be done in the most impartial manner, and to the satisfaction of them all, he gave orders to Moses:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 34:16 In-Context

14 because the tribe of Reuben by their households and the tribe of Gad by their households, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance.

15 The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance across the Jordan at Jericho toward the east.

16 The LORD spoke to Moses:

17 These are the names of the men who will assign the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, Nun's son.

18 You will also take one chief from each tribe to apportion the land.