Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 34:17
These [are] the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Eleazar was to act in Gods name, to cast lots, to prevent differences and contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, to transact the whole business in a solemn and religious manner.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you,…. Or “inherit the land for you” z; that is, as Jarchi interprets it, they were to take possession of it in their name and stead, as their representatives, and then distribute it unto them, or divide it to be inherited by them; but whatever may be said for the princes of the tribes, as acting for their respective tribes, and representing them, the same cannot be said of the two first named, as follow:
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun; the one the principal person in ecclesiastical affairs, and the other in civil ones; to divide the land being partly a sacred work, as it was a type of the heavenly Canaan, and a civil one, as it concerned the present welfare of the people of Israel; and both were types of Christ, the priest upon his throne, who is both priest and King; who, as the one, gives a right unto it, and, as the other, introduces into it.
z “haereditabunt vobis”, Montanus; “qui haereditario jure accipient pro vobis”, Tigurine not.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) Which shall divide the land unto you.Better, Which shall give (or, allot) the land as an inheritance unto you.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Num 34:17 These [are] the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Ver. 17. E1eazar the priest. ] Pointing to the High Priest of the new covenant, by whom we have entrance into the promised inheritance, whither he is gone before to prepare a place for us, and hath told us, that in his “Father’s house are many mansions,” room enough.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
These are the names. Compare Num 13:2-16. See App-45.
Eleazar. Because he was the high priest, and had the breastplate with the lots, the “Urim and Thummim. “See notes on Exo 28:30 and Num 26:55. Jos 17:4. See also Num 27:21.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
are the names: It is worthy of remark, that Moses does not follow any order hitherto used in arranging the tribes, but places them exactly in the order in which they possessed the land, and according to their fraternal relationship. Judah is first, having the first lot, in the South – Jos 15:1, and next to him is Simeon, because his inheritance was “within the inheritance of the children of Judah” – Jos 19:1. Benjamin, the third, had his portion between “Judah and the children of Joseph” – Jos 18:11. Dan was the fourth, and his lot was westward of Benjamin – Jos 19:40, Jos 19:41. Manasseh and his brother Ephraim had their inheritances behind that of Benjamin – Jos 16:7. Next these dwelt Zebulun and Issachar – Jos 19:10-17, and then Asher and Naphtali – Jos 19:24-32.
Eleazar: Jos 14:1, Jos 19:51
Joshua: Num 13:8, Num 13:16
Reciprocal: Num 30:1 – General Jos 1:6 – divide Jos 17:4 – Eleazar Jos 21:1 – Eleazar
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 34:17. These are the men that shall divide the land Although the division of the land was to be made by lot, (Num 34:13,) yet it was proper there should be some persons appointed to oversee this business, and to take care that there should be no fraud nor quarrels in the drawing of the lots. The management of it, therefore, is ordered to be in the hands of the high-priest, of the governor, or chief general, and a principal officer chosen out of each tribe, as its representative. Eleazar the priest Was to preside in Gods name, to cast lots, to prevent contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, and to see that the whole business was transacted in a solemn and religious manner.