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18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

Numbers 34:18

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  • And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-29)

God here appoints commissioners for the dividing of the land to them. The conquest of it is taken for granted, though as yet there was never a stroke struck towards it. Here is no nomination of the generals and commanders-in-chief that should carry on the war; for they were to get the land in possession, not by their own sword or bow, but by the power and favour of God ; and so confident must they…

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