These are the names of the men, that shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun,

These are the names of the men who give to you the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun,

These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

'These are the names of the men that shall take possession of the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Ista sunt nomina virorum qui possidendam vobis distribuent terram, Eleazar sacerdos, et Josue filius Nun.

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.

Eleazar - Who was to act in God's name, to cast lots, to prevent contentions, to consult with God in cases of difficulty, to transact the whole business in a solemn and religious manner.