Numbers - 34:29



29 These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 34:29.

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These are they whom the Lord hath commanded to divide the land of Chanaan to the children of Israel,.
These are they whom Jehovah commanded to distribute to the children of Israel their inheritance in the land of Canaan.
These are those whom Jehovah hath commanded to give the sons of Israel inheritance in the land of Canaan.
These are they to whom the Lord gave orders to make the distribution of the heritage among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
These are the ones that the Lord has ordered to divide the land of Canaan to the sons of Israel.
Isti sunt quibus praecepit Jehova, Ut distribuerent haereditatem filiis Israel in terra Chenaan.

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These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to (g) divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
(g) And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention.

These are they whom the Lord commanded,.... Not only named and appointed them, but laid his commands upon them, and obliged them:
to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel; even this order was made before the land was conquered by them, so sure and certain was it unto them; and accordingly they did divide it, and that in Shiloh, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, as in the presence of God, doing it in the most impartial and solemn manner; see Joshua 19:51.

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