Numbers 34:16-29

Numbers 34:16-29

[16] And the LORD  spake  unto Moses,  saying,  [17] These are the names  which shall divide  the land  unto you: Eleazar  the priest,  and Joshua  the son  of Nun.  [18] And ye shall take  one  prince  of every tribe,  the land  by inheritance.  [19] And the names  of the men  are these: Of the tribe  of Judah,  Caleb  the son  of Jephunneh.  [20] And of the tribe  of the children  of Simeon,  Shemuel  the son  of Ammihud.  [21] Of the tribe  of Benjamin,  Elidad  the son  of Chislon.  [22] And the prince  of the tribe  of the children  of Dan,  Bukki  the son  of Jogli.  [23] The prince  of the children  of Joseph,  for the tribe  of the children  of Manasseh,  Hanniel  the son  of Ephod.  [24] And the prince  of the tribe  of the children  of Ephraim,  Kemuel  the son  of Shiphtan.  [25] And the prince  of the tribe  of the children  of Zebulun,  Elizaphan  the son  of Parnach.  [26] And the prince  of the tribe  of the children  of Issachar,  Paltiel  the son  of Azzan.  [27] And the prince  of the tribe  of the children  of Asher,  Ahihud  the son  of Shelomi.  [28] And the prince  of the tribe  of the children  of Naphtali,  Pedahel  the son  of Ammihud.  [29] These are they whom the LORD  commanded  to divide the inheritance  unto the children  of Israel  in the land  of Canaan. 

What does Numbers 34:16-29 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

God next selected ten men, one from each tribe that would settle in Canaan, who would assist Eleazer, the high priest, and Joshua , the military leader of Israel, in apportioning the land. Only Caleb"s name is familiar. None of the other men"s names appears earlier in the text. These were evidently not the heads of the tribes but men chosen specifically for this purpose. Moses listed the tribes here in the general order in which they settled in the land from south to north.
Special cities in the land ch35
Next God specified that there were to be special towns set aside in the Promised Land for the Levites and as cities of refuge.