“These are the names of the men who shall assign the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Parallel translations
- WEB “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.
- KJV These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- BSB “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.
- NKJV “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
- NLT “Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun are the men designated to divide the grants of land among the people.
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Quick answer
Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun are named to divide the land for Israel. The spiritual and civil leaders together will oversee the inheritance.
Overview
Eleazar succeeded Aaron, and Joshua succeeded Moses, so the new generation's leadership now guides the people into the promise. Joshua, whose name means the Lord saves and is the Hebrew form of Jesus, leads Israel into rest, a pattern of the greater rest Christ secures (Hebrews 4:8-10). Their joint role joins priesthood and leadership in receiving God's gift.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Josh 14:1These 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,
- Josh 19:51These 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.
- Num 13:16These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- Num 13:8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
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