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Numbers 34:16-18
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Numbers 34:16-18
New English Translation
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16 The Lord said to Moses: 17 “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance:[a] Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18 You must take one leader from every[b] tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.[c]
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- Numbers 34:17 tn The verb can be translated simply as “divide,” but it has more the idea of allocate as an inheritance, the related noun being “inheritance.”
- Numbers 34:18 tn This sense is created by repetition: “one leader, one leader from the tribe.”
- Numbers 34:18 tn The sentence simply uses לִנְחֹל (linkhol, “to divide, apportion”). It has been taken already to mean “allocate as an inheritance.” Here “assist” may be added since Joshua and Eleazar had the primary work.
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