Numbers 34:16-29
The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land
16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17 “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance. 19 These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; 20 from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud; 21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon; 22 a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli; 23 from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod, 24 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan; 25 a leader from the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach; 26 a leader from the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan; 27 a leader from the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi; 28 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”
29 These are the ones the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
The priest Eleazar and Joshua the successor to Moses were appointed to divide promised land of Canaan deeded to Abraham (Genesis 12:5, 7, 24:7, Exodus 3:8) long before according to the set boundaries of the LORD among the familial tribes of Israel. They took one leader of each family that were selected by God alongside them to do the assignments of the LORD to the people. We see that God uses men to enact His plans among His people and chooses the leaders of them by His will, just as elders are appointed and pastors given gifts and callings to lead the chosen people in Christ through His word towards the promised heavenly land (Hebrews 11:16, 12:22, 13:14) which He has assigned to them individually (John 14:2-3) and as a (1 Peter 2:5) whole. God Himself divided the inheritance of eternal life to us and has appointed shepherds to lead the way home into that promised land without the presence of sin or idolatry as with the original people of Canaan displaced in the original promised land on earth. True milk and honey will be given by the hand of the Lord in the one to come, one which will never be lost due to idolatry and immorality as with Israel. This is our promised allotted inheritance in Christ Jesus which we anticipate with eager (Philippians 3:20) desire.
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