Leaders to Divide the Land

Then the LORD said to Moses 17 “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. 18 Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land. 19 These are their names

• Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
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• Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;
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• Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
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• Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;
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• Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
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• Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
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• Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
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• Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;
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• Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;
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• and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”
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These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. 35