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Numbers 34 Summary
Boundaries and Leaders for Dividing Canaan
The LORD instructs Moses to delineate the precise boundaries of the land of Canaan that Israel is to receive as an inheritance, describing in detail the south, west, north, and east borders. Moses then clarifies to the people that this allotment is for the nine and a half tribes, since Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had already received their inheritance east of the Jordan near Jericho. The LORD then names the men appointed to oversee the division of the land: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun, assisted by one designated prince from each of the nine and a half tribes. The chapter closes by listing the names of all ten tribal princes commissioned by the LORD to apportion the inheritance in Canaan.
Key themes
Key verses
Numbers 34:2
“Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)”
Numbers 34:12
“And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.”
Numbers 34:13
“And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:”
Numbers 34:17
“These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.”
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