Numbers 34:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 34:16-29

God here appoints commissioners for the dividing of the land to them. The conquest of it is taken for granted, though as yet there was never a stroke struck towards it. Here is no nomination of the generals and commanders-in-chief that should carry on the war; for they were to get the land in possession, not by their own sword or bow, but by the power and favour of God; and so confident must they be of victory and success while God fought for them that the persons must now be named who should... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:19-28

And the names of the men are these ,.... Which were not left to the tribes to choose, but were nominated by the Lord himself, who best knew their capacities and qualifications for this service: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh : who was one of the two spies that brought a good report of the land, and Joshua is the other; and these were the only two of the spies living, and who are the first that were appointed to this service, of overseeing the division of the land; the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 34:19

And the names of the men - are these - It is worthy of remark that Moses does not follow any order hitherto used of placing the tribes, neither that in Numbers 1, nor that in Numbers 7, nor that in Numbers 26, nor any other; but places them here exactly in that order in which they possessed the land. Judah Simeon Benjamin Dan Manasseh Ephraim Zebulun Issachar Asher Naphtali Judah is first, having the first lot; and he dwelt in the south part of the land, Joshua 15:1 ,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Numbers 34:16-29

Of the representatives now selected through Moses beforehand, who were all princes, i. e. heads of chief families, in their respective tribes (see Numbers 13:2), Caleb alone, of the tribe of Judah, is otherwise known to us (see Numbers 13:4 ff). The order in which the tribes are named is peculiar to this passage. If they be taken in pairs, Judah and Simeon, Benjamin and Dan, Manasseh and Ephraim, Zebulun and Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, the order of the pairs agrees with the order in which the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 34:19

Numbers 34:19. Of the tribe of Judah The tribes are not set down here in the same order that was observed at their first and second numbering, (Numbers 1:5-7; Numbers 26:5,) but according to the situation in which they were afterward placed in the land of Canaan; as if Moses had foreseen what tribes should be next neighbours one to another. And as, when they encamped, they were placed according to their brotherhood, so, in inheriting the land, we see a similar order observed: Judah and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Numbers 34:1-29

Plans for the division of Canaan (33:50-34:29)As Canaan was to become the land of Yahweh’s people, all the former inhabitants and all trace of their religion had to be removed. Failure to do this would bring trouble for Israel (50-56).Moses then gave the boundaries of the land that Israel was to occupy. The southern boundary went from the Dead Sea through Kadesh-barnea to the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to the coast. The western boundary followed the coast along the Mediterranean Sea. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 34:19

Caleb. The only one of the spies, beside Joshua, left, Ch. Numbers 13:6 , Numbers 13:30 , and Compare Numbers 14:24 .Joshua 14:6 , &c. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 34:16-29

Numbers 34:16-29. And the Lord spake unto Moses, &c.— To make the foundation of the Hebrew government solid and lasting, the wisdom of their lawgiver declared, as an essential branch of their constitution, that the territory should be equally divided; so that the whole six hundred thousand should each have a full property in an equal part of it; and that every man should hold his estate as a freehold in chief, immediately from God himself, without any tenure of service to any great man... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Numbers 34:1-29

A preview of the land ch. 34God then instructed Moses regarding the extent of the Promised Land and how to divide it among the remaining tribes. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Numbers 34:16-29

The leaders responsible for dividing the land 34:16-29God 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... read more

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