Numbers 34:16 (BSB)

Then the LORD said to Moses,

From Numbers 34. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 34:16

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Numbers 34:16: 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses. The question here arises, if the Israelites were to divide the land among themselves by lot, wherefore was the authority of the judges required, as if there was anything for them to decide?
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 34:16: And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time that he gave him the bounds of the land of Canaan, which was to be divided between the nine tribes and a half; and that this might be done in the most impartial manner, and to the satisfaction of them all, he gave orders to Moses: saying; as follows.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Numbers 34:16: names of the men . . . which shall divide the land--This appointment by the Lord before the Jordan tended not only to animate the Israelites faith in the certainty of the conquest, but to prevent all subsequent dispute and discontent, which might have been dangerous in presence of the natives.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 34:16-29: Num 34:16-29 List of the Men Appointed to Distribute the Land. - In addition to Eleazar and Joshua, the former of whom was to stand at the head as high priest, in accordance with the divine appointment in Num 27:21, and the latter to occupy the second place as commander of the army, a prince was selected from each of the ten tribes who were...