Nombres 34:18

Louis Segond

Vous prendrez encore un prince de chaque tribu, pour faire le partage du pays.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Vous prendrez aussi un chef de chaque tribu, pour partager le pays.

Darby's French Translation
-Et vous prendrez un prince de chaque tribu pour faire le partage du pays.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Vous prendrez aussi un des principaux de chaque Tribu pour faire le partage du pays.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:4-16

Reciprocal: Numbers 13:2 - of every Numbers 34:29 - General Joshua 4:2 - twelve men

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye shall take one prince out of every tribe,.... That is, out of the nine tribes and the half, which are ten in all; of the tribes of Reuben and Gad none were taken, because they had had their inheritance granted them elsewhere; nor of the tribe of Levi, because they were to have no inheritance in the land: to divide the land by inheritance; who being men of honour, understanding, and probity, and naturally concerned for the good of the tribes to which they belonged, would take care that justice be done to each, and that no fraudulent methods were used in drawing the lot; and then take possession according to the lot, and impartially divide the portion assigned among the respective families in the tribes, according to their rank and numbers.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of the representatives now selected through Moses beforehand, who were all princes, i. e. heads of chief families, in their respective tribes (see Numbers 13:2), Caleb alone, of the tribe of Judah, is otherwise known to us (see Numbers 13:4 ff). The order in which the tribes are named is peculiar to this passage. If they be taken in pairs, Judah and Simeon, Benjamin and Dan, Manasseh and Ephraim, Zebulun and Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, the order of the pairs agrees with the order in which the allotments in the Holy land, taken also in couples, followed each other in the map from south to north.