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Numbers 34:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. "
Numbers 34:18
Verse in Context
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16 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
17 “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
19 These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
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Numbers 34:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Numbers 34:2
"“Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders),"
Numbers 34:3
"then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward."
Numbers 34:4
"Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and it shall pass southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go from there to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon."
Numbers 34:5
"The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea."
Numbers 34:6
"“‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border."
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