THEOSISProcopius of Gaza
The priest is elevated above the leader, as the latter approaches God more closely.
Numbers 34:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
These are the names of the men, that shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun,
אֵ֚לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־יִנְחֲל֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֶלְעָזָר֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 14:1This is what the children of Israel possessed in the land of Chanaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gave to them.
- Josh 19:51These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the princes of the families, and of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed by lot in Silo, before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they divided the land.
- Num 13:8Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
- Num 13:16Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.