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The Princes in Charge of the Division
v. 16. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
v. 17. These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you, the men in charge of the lot-casting which should determine the location of each individual tribe: Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun.
v. 18. And ye shall take one prince of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance.
v. 19. And the names of the men are these: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
v. 20. And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel, the son of Ammihud.
v. 21. of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, the son of Chislon.
v. 22. And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki, the son of Jogli.
v. 23. The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel, the son of Ephod.
v. 24. And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
v. 25. And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.
v. 26. And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.
v. 27. And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.
v. 28. And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.
v. 29. These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. of these princes only Caleb is mentioned elsewhere. The list of tribes in the order named corresponds, with some exceptions, to the situation of the territory which the tribes received in Canaan, reckoning from the south to the north. It should be remembered also here that the position of the several inheritances was determined by lot; but their dimensions were proportioned to the numerical size of the tribes to which they fell, the largest tribe getting the most territory. The care of the covenant God for the people whom He had chosen appears throughout.