You shall take one chief from every tribe to divide the land for inheritance.
And ye shall take one prince out of every tribe,.... That is, out of the nine tribes and the half, which are ten in all; of the tribes of Reuben and Gad none were taken, because they had had their inheritance granted them elsewhere; nor of the tribe of Levi, because they were to have no inheritance in the land: to divide the land by...
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. (f) One of the heads or chief men of every tribe.
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...
Commenting on Numbers 34:16-29