Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 34:18
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by 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 inheritance; who being men of honour, understanding, and probity, and naturally concerned for the good of the tribes to which they belonged, would take care that justice be done to each, and that no fraudulent methods were used in drawing the lot; and then take possession according to the lot, and impartially divide the portion assigned among the respective families in the tribes, according to their rank and numbers.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(18) And ye shall take one prince of every tribe . . . In addition to Eleazar the high priest, and Joshua the commander of the army, one chief man, or prince, was to be selected out of each of the ten tribes which were interested in the division, as at the first census one out of each tribe was associated with Moses and Aaron (Num. 1:4), and as was probably the case at the second census under Moses and Eleazar. (Comp. Num. 27:2.) Security was thus afforded for the equity and impartiality of the allotment; the position of the territory only, and not its dimensions, being determined by lot. With the exception of Caleb, the names of the princes selected for this purpose are not mentioned elsewhere.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
JESUS is surrounded with his witnesses, and attended by his saints. Rev 14:1 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Num 1:4-16
Reciprocal: Num 13:2 – of every Num 34:29 – General Jos 4:2 – twelve men
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
34:18 And ye shall take one {f} prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
(f) One of the heads or chief men of every tribe.