Numbers 34:16

"And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. And these are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod. And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan."

Led by the high priest, Eleazar, and the commanding general of the Israeli armies, Joshua, the twelve men selected, one from each tribe, gave every assurance that the land would be divided fairly and that the tribes would accept their allotments without complaint. Evidently, that is what happened. All twelve of the names of the men chosen by God to divide the land are given below, with the meaning of each name as determined by Herbert Lockyer.[7]

ELEAZAR ... God is helper.

JOSHUA ... Jehovah is salvation.

CALEB ... Bold (also "dog" as applied to animals).

SHEMUEL ... Heard of God.

ELIDAD ... God has loved.

BUKKI ... Mouth of Jehovah.

HANNIEL ... Grace of God.

KEMUEL ... Congregation of God.

ELIZAPHAN ... God is protector.

PALTIEL ... Deliverer of the Lord.

AHIHUD ... Brother of honor.

PEDAHEL ... God has saved.

None of these names is connected with a pagan god, and what a contrast this affords with the days of the monarchy under Saul when two of the king's sons were Esh-Baal and Meri-Baal, named after the Canaanite pagan god, Baal.